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While the system of rent control used in Cambridge is in many ways inadequate, it has managed to preserve 17,000 units of housing for low-and moderate-income city residents. Although critics of the system love to depict it as riddled with abuses, most of the available data on the subject indicates that rent-controlled housing generally does go to the people who need...
...majority of anti-rent control candidates comes to power this year, it is doubtful that the system will continue. If it does survive, it will certainly be whittled down in a way that will benefit big landowners and hurt tenants...
Under Cambridge's system of proportional representation, it is important to vote for several candidates. In the late stages of the vote count, third, fourth and lower-choice votes can mean the difference between victory and defeat for a candidate. We strongly urge you to vote for all of these candidates...
THERE are problems with rent control that need to be addressed. It is a shame that much of the political debate has focused on Proposition 1-2-3 and not on how to refine rent control or replace it with a fairer system...
Proposition 1-2-3 reinforces the worst of rent control with only vague promises of a better system. It should be rejected on Tuesday, November...