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5 Effective Tools To Improve Housing Affordability (That Aren’t Rent Control)
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5 Effective Tools To Improve Housing Affordability (That Aren’t Rent Control)

... makes housing less affordable in the long run. “Rent control seeks to treat the symptom of rising rents without ... cost of housing. The Toolkit also discusses why rent control policies typically prove ineffective and disincentivize new apartment development ...

Dec 19, 2019
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Voters Reject California Rent Control Measure In Blow For Affordable Housing Advocates
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Voters Reject California Rent Control Measure In Blow For Affordable Housing Advocates

... a measure that would allow municipal governments to expand rent control by voting against Proposition 33.  The proposition would have ... Housing Act, which dictates how local governments can apply rent control. Doing so would have left decisions about which ...

Nov 06, 2024
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As Rents Spike, So Does The Push For Rent Control
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As Rents Spike, So Does The Push For Rent Control

... continue to be local pushes in states that allow rent control. Rent control is traditionally a state and local issue, as with ... commercial real estate is persuaded that rent control is an entirely bad idea. “Rent control and the Covid moratoria helped keep ...

Dec 13, 2022
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'Gouged Unmercifully': States Consider Rent Control Amid Flood Of Private Equity Into Manufactured Housing
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'Gouged Unmercifully': States Consider Rent Control Amid Flood Of Private Equity Into Manufactured Housing

... of the Pennsylvania Manufactured Housing Association, said of rent control legislation under discussion in the Keystone State and ... said she had similar concerns about the defunct rent control legislation in Pennsylvania. That Keystone State proposal didn ...

Dec 09, 2024
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The Massachusetts State House.
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Mass. Lawmaker Seeks Rent Control Ballot Measure As Wu's Plan Stalls In State House

... 2024 ballot question relative to lifting the ban on rent control and enabling local tenant protections. More to come! ... plans to spend $400K on the Rent Control Hurts Housing campaign, an anti-rent control campaign targeting Boston residents, and it ...

Aug 04, 2023
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Supreme Court Declines To Hear Rent Control Case

... really push back on a lot of the misinformation around rent control,” NMHC President Sharon Wilson Géno told Bisnow Monday. ... modest means — research tells us that the primary beneficiaries of rent control are upper income and white, which is an interesting ...

Oct 02, 2023
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Mayor Wu Prepares Rent Control Proposal To Cap Increases At 10%
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Mayor Wu Prepares Rent Control Proposal To Cap Increases At 10%

... council.” The plan, modeled after other states' rent control policies, would tie the rent increase limits to the consumer price index. ... adequate reasoning to launch eviction proceedings against a tenant. Rent control was a major theme of Wu's mayoral race, ...

Jan 19, 2023
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California Rent Control Backers Say They Aren't Giving Up After Latest Election Defeat
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California Rent Control Backers Say They Aren't Giving Up After Latest Election Defeat

... terms of making sure that more renters are covered under rent control,” Yes on 33 campaign manager Susie Shannon told Bisnow.  While ... steps the union might take to achieve the expansion of rent control, including whether it would step up to fill a funding ...

Nov 26, 2024
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With Labour Surging, Could Rent Control Come To London?

... next general election. So what could that mean for rent control measures being introduced in London? This week, London Mayor ... up with demand.  The real estate industry is vehemently against rent control.  “It is an extremely challenging market at present, ...

Aug 04, 2023
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Boston City Councilor Richard Arroyo discussing rent stabilization at a city council meeting on Wednesday.
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Boston City Council Passes Wu's Rent Control, BPDA Reform Proposals

... longstanding issue of price gouging and rent gouging." The rent control plan would tie the rent increase limits to the consumer price ... Flaherty asked for a "friendly amendment" to the rent control proposal that would allow property owners that live in the ...

Mar 08, 2023
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