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...state House of Representatives and Senate passed a slightly altered version of a bill authored by Gov. William F. Weld '66, who had threatened to veto any other measure extending the life of rent control. Weld, who had left the state house by midnight, is expected to sign the bill today...
...Weld had earlier vetoed a petition by Cambridge to phase out rent control over five years for elderly, low-and moderate-income and disabled tenants. The Republican governor insisted that "the verdict of the voters is fairly implemented...
...Weld's plan gives limited protection to anyone earning less than 60 percent of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) median-income guidelines, and for elderly and disabled tenants earning less than 80 percent of the guidelines...
While most legislators on Beacon Hill voted for Weld's bill, they said they were powerless to oppose it despite its severely limited protection for current rent-control tenants...
...paltry excuse for real protection, but it's the best that we could do," said Sen. Thomas F. Birmingham (D-Chelsea). "We didn't have the votes to override the veto Gov. Weld had given...