rent control
noun
: government regulation of the amount charged as rent for housing and often also of eviction
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Longtime New Yorkers remember the nightmare of excessive rent control.
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Ed Towns, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025
Washington State now has rent control, joining 6 other states that either have statewide rent control measures or have local jurisdictions that have imposed it.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
That construction has slowed, though not entirely stopped, in the era of high interest rates, softer urban housing demand and rent control, which the city of St. Paul permanently rolled back last month for new construction.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 3 June 2025
Authorities should craft an ambitious program to address the cost-of-living crisis through effective national rent control, energy price stabilization, and strict antitrust enforcement in the food processing and grocery sectors to reduce food prices.
—Isabella M. Weber, Foreign Affairs, 14 May 2025
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Ed Towns, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025
Washington State now has rent control, joining 6 other states that either have statewide rent control measures or have local jurisdictions that have imposed it.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
That construction has slowed, though not entirely stopped, in the era of high interest rates, softer urban housing demand and rent control, which the city of St. Paul permanently rolled back last month for new construction.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 3 June 2025
Authorities should craft an ambitious program to address the cost-of-living crisis through effective national rent control, energy price stabilization, and strict antitrust enforcement in the food processing and grocery sectors to reduce food prices.
—Isabella M. Weber, Foreign Affairs, 14 May 2025
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“Rent control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rent%20control. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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