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Rent increase tactics under new rent control bill
The Christian Science Monitor reports on a Republican backed rent control bill allowing a 15 percent voluntary rent increase for leases extending beyond 31 December 1948. Critics call it a landlord hold up, predicting evictions or remodeling moves to push tenants into higher rates. The piece notes rent remains the last major price-controlled item and warns of rising living costs as bills rise.
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