rent control
noun
: government regulation of the amount charged as rent for housing and often also of eviction
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For years, traditionally Democratic approaches to affordable housing such as rent control and subsidized apartments have driven up the cost of urban living.
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Micky Horstman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Vote no on expanding rent control in state Proposition 33 is the third attempt by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los Angeles to impose stronger rent control in California.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
The fire destroyed 770 apartments covered by rent control.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
Kraft, president of the family’s philanthropic arm, the New England Patriots Foundation, launched his campaign for mayor of Boston in early February, calling for rent control, a boost to affordable housing development and a pause on the city’s controversial White Stadium project.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2025
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Micky Horstman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Vote no on expanding rent control in state Proposition 33 is the third attempt by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los Angeles to impose stronger rent control in California.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
The fire destroyed 770 apartments covered by rent control.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
Kraft, president of the family’s philanthropic arm, the New England Patriots Foundation, launched his campaign for mayor of Boston in early February, calling for rent control, a boost to affordable housing development and a pause on the city’s controversial White Stadium project.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Rent control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rent%20control. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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