Four cases of well-off people occupying rent-controlled apartments with super-low rents in New York City.
‘Just-cause’ eviction puts up huge obstacles to all rent increases. Most owners won’t even try. That’s rent control. SPOA vows to fight it.
Local governments restrict new housing, which limits the supply and pushes rents and prices up.
Approximately 36 states have a mandatory rent escrow law. Why doesn't Massachusetts?
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Rent control grows in San Francisco. Learn about the "just cause eviction" ideas made into law and what the consequences may be.
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The Boston Globe has implied that rent control or just-cause eviction laws are necessary to keep apartments affordable. Is it an affordability crisis?
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Insurance against homelessness (aka the landlord tenant guarantee) early survey results.
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CA City Passes Rent Control, First City in 30 Years. Is Cambridge, MA next?
Letter from the MassLandlords.net Executive Director for September 2015
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The Asian Longhorned Beetle is a voracious destroyer of many North American hardwoods. Worcester has so far culled 35,000 trees and is still going.