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...member of the Cambridge Tenants Organizing Committee said when he heard of the order, "This is good news for us. Although city hall has now in theory recognized tenant demands for a roll-back, only large scale tenant pressure is going to make the law really work...
...other hand, opposition has come from local tenant groups such as the Cambridge Tenants Organizing Committee who say that the prospect will serve middle-income, rather than low-income people...
Courses at the Law School are based on the case study method. Recently, many students have been arguing for a program of clinical legal education, in which students get credit for actual field work in areas such as consumer protection, tenant-landlord relations, and draft problems...
...same time Cambridge landlords are moving to kill the law. The Cambridge Property Owners Association is filing a suit, which will probably be heard in December along with the tenant suit, to get the rent control law declared unconstitutional. They point out that some of the law's provisions, such as the exemption for two-and three-family owner-occupied dwellings, are discriminatory and unconstitutional. They also charge that the term "fair net income" which is used in the law is undefined and unenforceable...
...rent administrator will have the power to make adjustments in the maximum rents charged and hold hearings if either a tenant or a landlord disputes the agreed rent. He will also be charged with interpreting the "fair net income" clause with respect to the property owners...