rent control
noun
: government regulation of the amount charged as rent for housing and often also of eviction
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The initiative, which qualified for the ballot last July, would prohibit the state government from limiting local governments’ ability to set rent control laws.
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Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 16 May 2024
The measure will ask voters to repeal a major restriction on rent control, in effect allowing more cities and counties across the state to cap rents on more types of homes.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
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Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 16 May 2024
The measure will ask voters to repeal a major restriction on rent control, in effect allowing more cities and counties across the state to cap rents on more types of homes.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
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“Rent control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rent%20control. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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