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Although a temporary measure, it soon became apparent that rent control could not be abolished with the war's end.
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Another major challenge could come next year should voters approve a statewide ballot initiative aimed at abolishing mobile-home rent control .
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Because of the rent control that had predominated since 1914, houses in Warsaw had become run down.
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By keeping prices artificially low, rent control leads both to a shortage of units and to landlords skimping on maintenance.
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One popular blunder that almost every economist denounces is rent control .
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Private rented accommodation has been increasingly freed of rent control , taking it beyond the reach of the young homeless.
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The strict rent control , introduced in the war to protect private tenants, was partly lifted during the inter war period.