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From: rcb@fortune.UUCP (Robert Binstock)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Rental Housing
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Date: Thu, 3-May-84 13:12:46 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  3 13:12:46 1984
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Contrary to what Brad Miller said, places with rent control often
have very positive results.  I lived in Cambridge, Mass. for
many years.  Though the landlords constantly bitch and moan,
the quality of rental stock is GOOD; in spite of a 1.5% vacancy
rate (which is caused by zillions of people moving to Cambridge
and by Harvard and MIT expansion, NOT by rent control) it is still
possible to rent a decent place at an affordable rate; and the
VAST MAJORITY of Cambridge residents FAVOR continuation of controls.

The fact that you own property DOES NOT give you the right to
victimize people!
                               R.C. Binstock