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From: bwm@ccieng2.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Rental Housing
Message-ID: <176@ccieng2.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 7-May-84 10:23:58 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  7 10:23:58 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

I also lived in Cambridge / Brookline. NOONE is opening up new apartment
buildings. Crime rate is incredibly high, and the landlords arn't doing
anything about it. Yes, the RESIDENTS favor rent control, because its
cheaper. It's also penny wise and pound foolish, but what else do you
expect from the Democratic population of Cambridge. After all, who invented
'welfare'.

Brad Miller

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