rent control laws

Rent Control: It’s Back!

12/12/11

New York is a world apart of the rest of the nation when it comes to rent control, or rent stabilization laws. The City, over the years, has manipulated—often capped—rent prices with surprising consistency. In 1948, FDR instituted the first rent control laws in the United States. As our boys came home from World War 2 and [...]

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