Patricia Cantor

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Rent Control Post Mortem

Immediately after a 1994 statewide referendum ended rent control in Massachusetts, a tenants’ organization known as Eviction Free Zone (“EFZ”), sponsored in part by Cambridge’s anti-poverty agency, began a campaign […]

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How Cambridge Lost Rent Control

25 years ago tenants organized, formed coalitions, took to the streets, and won rent control in Massachusetts. But, after two and half decades of constant battles against powerful and wealthy […]