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...Alliger established a contract with the Joy of Movement Center in Central Square, and Dance Umbrella was born. He guaranteed that he would rent their studio theater for 40 weeks if the Joy of Movement would give him a substantial discount, and he commissioned local companies to fill the space...
Turk also said most tenants are actually below the state median income and that in addition to providing affordable housing, rent control has "stabilized the neighborhoods" and prevented complete gentrification...
...general counsel to the city's rent control board did not return phone calls and was unavailable for comment...
Despite the opposition by both the city and the tenants, Jillson and supporters say they feel confident that the case will eventually be heard by a jury and that rent control will be abolished...
Jillson did acknowledge, however, that SPOA faces a "philosophical obstacle," the problem of "getting over the hurdle that rent control is a good idea." "I think Cambridge rent control is never good for any city," said Lenore M. Schloming '59, SPOA member and publisher of Eagle's Eye, an anti-rent control newspaper. "Our greatest obstacle is bucking the status quo, and that's always hard...