rent control

noun

: government regulation of the amount charged as rent for housing and often also of eviction
rent-controlled adjective

Examples of rent control in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Proposition 33: Expands local authority to enact rent control This would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act of 1995, which restricts the kinds of rent control laws cities and counties can impose on properties first occupied after Feb. 1, 1995. Shawna Chen, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024 Don't skyrocketing prices affect her, doesn't the lack of rent control affect their welfare? NBC News, 1 Sep. 2024 Conservatives characterize Biden and Harris’s new embrace of rent control as further evidence that the administration is against landlords. Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 July 2024 Support was lukewarm for Proposition 33, which would expand the local government’s authority to enact rent control. Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rent control 

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Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of rent control was in 1916

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“Rent control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rent%20control. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

Legal Definition

rent control

noun
: government regulation of the amount charged as rent for housing and often also of eviction
rent-controlled adjective
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