rent control
noun
: government regulation of the amount charged as rent for housing and often also of eviction
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Opposition to rent control Multiple real estate groups oppose the proposal.
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Anna Meiler, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
Yet, the political appetite for military investments is shrinking as debt dominates the fiscal picture and populist tendencies make $2,000 revenue checks or rent control more popular.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2025
Frey opposes rent control, and Fateh supports rent stabilization without providing specific details.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
Many advocates are also pushing for rent control policies in mobile home parks, limiting the amount that new owners can raise rents annually.
—Cassie Powell, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
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Anna Meiler, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
Yet, the political appetite for military investments is shrinking as debt dominates the fiscal picture and populist tendencies make $2,000 revenue checks or rent control more popular.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2025
Frey opposes rent control, and Fateh supports rent stabilization without providing specific details.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
Many advocates are also pushing for rent control policies in mobile home parks, limiting the amount that new owners can raise rents annually.
—Cassie Powell, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Rent control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rent%20control. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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