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File #: 23-0318    Version: 1
Type: Order Status: Sent for Discussion
File created: 3/6/2023 In control: Legislative Matters Committee
On agenda: 3/9/2023 Final action:
Enactment date: 3/9/2023 Enactment #: 214986
Title: That this Council draft a Home Rule Petition to authorize Somerville to regulate against rent gouging by establishing Rent Stabilization.
Sponsors: Ben Ewen-Campen, Willie Burnley Jr., Jesse Clingan, Lance L. Davis, Beatriz Gomez Mouakad , Charlotte Kelly, Matthew McLaughlin, Judy Pineda Neufeld, Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) Scott, Kristen Strezo, Jake Wilson
Indexes: Law
Attachments: 1. Presentation slides 4-27-22, 2. Minneapolis-Rent-Stabilization-Study-web

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That this Council draft a Home Rule Petition to authorize Somerville to regulate against rent gouging by establishing Rent Stabilization.

 

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That this Council begin drafting a Home Rule Petition to authorize Somerville to regulate against rent gouging by establishing Rent Stabilization, and consider the attached policy documents: [1] the Minneapolis Rent Stabilization Study (2021) and [2] City of Boston's Rent Stabilization Advisory Committee's Presentation Slides of April 27, 2022.