rent control
noun
: government regulation of the amount charged as rent for housing and often also of eviction
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Researchers have found that household stabilization policies, such as legal representation in eviction court, rent control and property tax relief, have the most immediate impact.
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Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
What will change under the rent control measure passed by the St. Paul City Council on Wednesday?
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 May 2025
Sexton said many of the people who served on the Rooted in Marin advisory committee advocated for rent control measures that Marin voters rejected in the Nov. 5 election.
—Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
Voters could change that with Prop. 33 Oct. 17, 2024
Seeking to stop further rent control initiatives, the California Apartment Assn.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
What will change under the rent control measure passed by the St. Paul City Council on Wednesday?
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 May 2025
Sexton said many of the people who served on the Rooted in Marin advisory committee advocated for rent control measures that Marin voters rejected in the Nov. 5 election.
—Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
Voters could change that with Prop. 33 Oct. 17, 2024
Seeking to stop further rent control initiatives, the California Apartment Assn.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Rent control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rent%20control. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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