rent control
noun
: government regulation of the amount charged as rent for housing and often also of eviction
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The initiative, which qualified for the ballot last July, would prohibit the state government from limiting local governments’ ability to set rent control laws.
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Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 16 May 2024
The measure will ask voters to repeal a major restriction on rent control, in effect allowing more cities and counties across the state to cap rents on more types of homes.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Texas law only allows cities to permit local rent control ordinances in certain cases.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2024
Tenant advocates in San Pablo are one step closer to getting rent control on the ballot this November.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
In his arguments on behalf of Douglas Emmett, Gibson pointed to that same email as evidence that the company wasn’t trying to evade rent control.
—Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Cofer’s plan on rent control could have curried favor with those voters.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
Might there be some leverage to be had over private investors—leverage that, without a legislative battle, could be used to patch together some form of rent control after all?
—Mya Frazier, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
The rent control clashes follow unprecedented pandemic eviction moratoriums and rental assistance programs to prevent low-income tenants from losing their homes amid widespread job losses.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 16 May 2024
The measure will ask voters to repeal a major restriction on rent control, in effect allowing more cities and counties across the state to cap rents on more types of homes.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Texas law only allows cities to permit local rent control ordinances in certain cases.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2024
Tenant advocates in San Pablo are one step closer to getting rent control on the ballot this November.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
In his arguments on behalf of Douglas Emmett, Gibson pointed to that same email as evidence that the company wasn’t trying to evade rent control.
—Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Cofer’s plan on rent control could have curried favor with those voters.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
Might there be some leverage to be had over private investors—leverage that, without a legislative battle, could be used to patch together some form of rent control after all?
—Mya Frazier, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
The rent control clashes follow unprecedented pandemic eviction moratoriums and rental assistance programs to prevent low-income tenants from losing their homes amid widespread job losses.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Rent control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rent%20control. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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