rent control
noun
: government regulation of the amount charged as rent for housing and often also of eviction
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Take the quiz here … 'A TERRIBLE IDEA' – Biden rent control plan blasted by experts, trade groups.
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Fox News, 17 July 2024
How big an effect Biden’s rent cap would have on Bay Area renters would largely depend on whether their city already has a local rent control law on the books.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
Your guide to Proposition 33: Effort to expand rent control.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
The measure would also insert new language into California law that prohibits the state from limiting how cities and counties expand or maintain rent control.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 5 July 2024
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Fox News, 17 July 2024
How big an effect Biden’s rent cap would have on Bay Area renters would largely depend on whether their city already has a local rent control law on the books.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
Your guide to Proposition 33: Effort to expand rent control.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024
The measure would also insert new language into California law that prohibits the state from limiting how cities and counties expand or maintain rent control.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 5 July 2024
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“Rent control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rent%20control. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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