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Category Archives: Studies and Data
BINDING Cambridge Question 1 INITIATIVE PETITION
Full Text
1. Preamble
2. Declaration of Emergency
3. Effective date, revocation, and reacceptance
4. Definitions:
- Rental Units
- Controlled Rental Units
- Rent
- Services
- Expiring Use Housing
5. Rent Board.
6. Maximum Rent.
7. Maximum Rent Adjustment.
8. Rent Adjustment Hearings.… Read More “BINDING Cambridge Question 1 INITIATIVE PETITION”
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Glenn Koocher’s Historical Perspective
History of what was really behind Rent Control in Cambridge
A native of Cambridge, MA, Glenn Koocher served on the Cambridge School Committee from 1974-1986. On the board, he was vice chair, chairs of the Committees on: Budget, Special Education, … Read More “Glenn Koocher’s Historical Perspective”
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The fundamental problem with rent control is that the buildings disintegrate
by Fred Cohn, January 2001
The fundamental problem with rent control is that the buildings disintegrate.
You start off with the idea that the buildings are like granite rocks and they are fine, and then you realize after a while, … Read More “The fundamental problem with rent control is that the buildings disintegrate”
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Paul Krugman talks about “That great sacred cow – Rent Control”
A RENT AFFAIR
SYNOPSIS:
That great sacred cow– Rent Control– is a textbook case of Economic stupidity Economists who have ventured into the alleged real world often quote Princeton’s Alan Blinder, who has formulated what he calls “Murphy’s Law of … Read More “Paul Krugman talks about “That great sacred cow – Rent Control””
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