rent control
noun
: government regulation of the amount charged as rent for housing and often also of eviction
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Lopez spent the next three years along with her fellow progressive Santa Ana council members shoring up the city’s rent control policies and its immigrant defense fund.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
After an hours-long city council meeting, Redwood City leaders did not vote on a contentious rent control proposal.
—Sooji Nam, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Massachusetts has implemented rent control three separate times, with the latest rent control law being repealed by voters in a 1994 ballot initiative.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026
The success of Minneapolis, one of Mamdani’s models for expanding housing supply, undercuts his support of rent control.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
After an hours-long city council meeting, Redwood City leaders did not vote on a contentious rent control proposal.
—Sooji Nam, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Massachusetts has implemented rent control three separate times, with the latest rent control law being repealed by voters in a 1994 ballot initiative.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026
The success of Minneapolis, one of Mamdani’s models for expanding housing supply, undercuts his support of rent control.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
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“Rent control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rent%20control. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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