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...Rent control is unfair, it's unjust and most important...it's un-American," agreed Sen. Richard R. Tisei (R-Wakefield...
...These communities receive a disproportionate piece of the local aid pie as a result that their property values are depressed," Tisei continued. He said rent control laws in Cambridge, Boston and Brookline cost the state over $30 million a year in potential property tax revenue...
Tisei said the state should use revenue generated from rent control's abolition to subsidize elderly and low-income tenants displaced by Question 9's implementation...
...Jane M. Swift (R-North Adams) said rent control places unfair burdens on landlords to subsidize their tenants. "It's unfair to expect a handful of individuals to meet the responsibility that should be a collective responsibility," she said...
Tisei attempted to amend Boston's petition to deny the city any additional funding for the continuation of its rent control laws...