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...existent. With a housing stock such as Cambridge's, consisting largely of older buildings, maintenance costs are substantial, yet absolutely necessary to stave off deterioration. The Harbridge House report flatly states that rent control is not affecting the amount landlords spend on maintenance. Citing the increased powers of tenants to hold up rent increases by complaints about housing conditions, the report states that housing quality has at least been maintained under rent control. Placing the burden on the tenant of maintaining housing quality seems, however, both unreasonable and unrealistic. The tenant's ability to put pressure on his landlord...
Cohn said the conflict of interest charge was "amusing" because there are two tenant members of the rent board...
...tenant voting in a decision would have as much conflict of interest as a landlord," Cohn said...
When questioned on the possibility of a large number of evictions resulting from a rent strike, Paul Watkins, a member of the rent board, said. "Under rent control, a tenant can withhold rent if he has a good reason and notifies the landlord...
...tenants, married MIT students are refusing to pay a March 1 rent hike of four per cent intended to cover raised fuel costs. James Henley, tenant spokesman for Westgate Community Association said. The increase amounts to about 58 a month per unit...