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Two people with paper bird masks hold dollar bills. One wears a sign that says "Rent stabilized apartments generated  billion in net income for landlords last year."

Are NYC’s Rent-Stabilized Buildings Really in Crisis?

A two-year rent freeze, affecting about 1 million rent-stabilized apartments in New York, was just approved. Before the freeze passed, landlords said their buildings wouldn’t survive it. But recent analyses suggest the real culprit behind distressed buildings is predatory equity, not rent stabilization.

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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 […]