People ask him, what is your position on rent control?
A full Council vote on rent control is expected next week.
The Senate has supported the board on several issues, including rent control.
She was paying $300 a month when rent control ended in 1995.
"Strong rent control means you get stability in a neighborhood."
If my son were to buy the apartment, would the laws allow me to remain under rent control?
Some have called for rent control, but I think such measures are too hard to enforce.
One of the more contentious issues for the Council has been rent control.
The four tenants involved in the suit were under rent control.
None of this says that ending rent control is an easy decision.
From 1943 to 1950, rent control was administered by the federal government.
After 46 years, rent control seems the normal state of affairs.
As a result, rent control had to be dismantled within a couple of years.
He has split with the governor on a host of policy issues over the last eight years, from health care to rent control.
To avoid future problems the conversion laws should be changed, not rent control.
Over time, that would phase out all rent controls in the region.
On one issue, rent control, the Giuliani campaign seemed to take a position, realized it was not particularly popular and quickly shifted ground.
Thus in a city of renters, rent control is bound to be popular.
But few municipal officials are willing to express their opposition to rent control on the record.
Bad: rent control, moderate to high taxes & costs, significant ownership limits.