rent control

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rent control

regulation by law of the rent a landlord can charge for domestic accommodation and of his right to evict tenants.

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You only have to look at the vibrant cities of Europe, where most housing is rented, to see that rent controls are good for the economy and the environment.

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Allowing municipalities to enact rent controls is a major shift for a state that banned them in the 1980s.

Rent control won't solve the problem

YES Neil Livingstone managing director, Douglas Dickson Property Management Rent controls do not work.

The burning question; Q: Will the Scottish Government's proposals to introduce rent controls damage the property market?

The New Jersey Apartment Association has slammed as "reckless" a Bill to allow rent control on senior housing.

NJAA slams 'reckless' bill for rent control on seniors

The state referendum to ban rent controls narrowly passed, by a 51-to-49 percent margin.

The End of Rent Control in Cambridge

Rent control, seen by many economists as old-fashioned, has recently made a surprising comeback in one group of high-growth, dynamic economies - the Gulf.

Research firm assails rent control in Middle East

Currently, rent control applies only to buildings constructed before 1979.

MORE RENTALS TO BE COVERED BY CITY CONTROL

Since rent controls were imposed in Winnipeg in the early seventies," Owens comments, "there hasn't been one new unit of multiple-housing built with private money.

Control freaks: economists argue that Alberta's modest measures to stem rising rents won't work, and may make matters worse

Instead of blaming rent control regulations for the rise in homelessness, why not blame the banks for refusing to invest in low profit areas?

Giuliani & Vallone: Never Met a Rent They Didn't Hike

Rent controls have been hotly debated for more than fifty years.

Rent Control: Regulation and the Rental Housing Market. (Book Reviews)

Many cities kept rent controls, eventually making them permanent, after wage and price regulations expired.

Rent control drives out affordable housing

One reason, suggests a recent Manhattan Institute study by Henry Pollakowski of MIT's Center for Real Estate, is that few beneficiaries of rent control were poor.