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Topics: Rent Controls


Results: 41 Matches

1.  Rent Control Preemption Act (Illinois)

Location(s): Illinois

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  Solution Illinois enacted legislation that prohibits local governments from passing rent control laws.

2.  S.F. board passes anti-demolition law It bars developers from tearing down rent-controlled units

Location(s): California San Francisco

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  Solution The mayor vetoed the law.

3.  The Future of Rent Control in the District of Columbia

Location(s): District of Columbia

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  Solution Washington, DC's Rental Control Reform Amendment Act of 2005 includes a rental increase cap.

4.  Proposed Amendments to the Rent Regulations

Location(s): New York

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  Solution Proposed New York regulations give disabled people with fixed incomes more rental protections.

5.  Rent Control

Location(s): NATIONAL

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  Solution Rent control programs that exclude newer apartments can minimize the benefit reduction.

6.  Dispelling Disinformation About Rent Controls

Location(s): New York New York City

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  Solution The author argues rent control ordinances do not apply to new construction and allow for building improvements.

7.  Rent Deregulation in California and Massachusetts: Politics, Policy, and Impacts

Location(s): California
  Massachusetts

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  Solution This author says that because the laws in these states are designed to be gradually phased-in, it is impossible to make definitive statements about their consequences.

8.  Rent Control Reconsidered: The Impact of Moderate Rent Control on 60 New Jersey Cities

Location(s): New Jersey

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  Solution The author found that moderate rent controls modestly lowered the increase in rents, but did not impact most measures of the quality, quantity and cost of rental housing.

9.  Consolidated Plan (New York City, 2003)

Location(s): New York New York City

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  Solution New York City has a number of mechanisms that allow rents to be decontrolled.

10.  The Rent Control Debate

Location(s): California San Francisco

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  Solution The author says that both sides agree that changes in zoning ordinances to allow increased densities would provide real relief to San Francisco's affordable housing crisis.

          

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