rent control
noun
: government regulation of the amount charged as rent for housing and often also of eviction
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Proposition 33 California voters rejected this measure, which would have emboldened cities and counties to enact rent control.
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Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
California voters will also decide on 10 statewide ballot measures ranging from expanding local authority to enact rent control to allowing felony charges for and longer sentences for possession of certain drugs.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Proposition 33 would allow cities to enact rent control on single-family houses, on apartments built after 1995 and for new tenants, none of which are currently allowed.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
At an earlier news conference last month, Newsom had the same explanation in response to a question about his stance on a ballot measure that would allow local governments to significantly expand rent control.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
California voters will also decide on 10 statewide ballot measures ranging from expanding local authority to enact rent control to allowing felony charges for and longer sentences for possession of certain drugs.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Proposition 33 would allow cities to enact rent control on single-family houses, on apartments built after 1995 and for new tenants, none of which are currently allowed.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
At an earlier news conference last month, Newsom had the same explanation in response to a question about his stance on a ballot measure that would allow local governments to significantly expand rent control.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Rent control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rent%20control. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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