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Meanwhile, rent control advocates said they are upset about the setback, but vowed to fight...
...court ruled that a referendum on rent control does not violate the "home rule" provision in the state constitution...
...city of Cambridge and several activists filed a complaint charging that a referendum on rent control infringed on this right, and a hearing was held on May 5. The suit came in the wake of a petition calling for a vote on the price ceilings...
...city argued that a vote would be illegal since rent control is presently in effect in only three municipalities--Boston, Brookline and Cambridge...
...court ruled that the rent control ban is not simply a local issue. In the nine-page decision, the court noted that the it is "within the power of a municipality to enact a rent control program only when the [State] Legislature has explicitly delegated that power to the municipality...