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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RENT CONTROL

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Rent control is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RENT CONTROL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rent control

Rent control is part of a system of rent regulation, administered by a court or a public authority, which limits the changes that can be made in the price of renting a house or other real property. The objective of controlling the prices of rent is usually to counteract the inequality of bargaining power between landlords and tenant, as part of a minimum set of rights to make the market fair. Controls on the price of rents is used in residential housing, agricultural tenancies, and business tenancies. It may function as a price ceiling. Rent control laws are used in approximately 40 countries, although they often vary from one country to another, and may vary from one jurisdiction to another within some countries.

Definition of rent control in the English dictionary

The definition of rent control in the dictionary is regulation by law of the rent a landlord can charge for domestic accommodation and of his right to evict tenants.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RENT CONTROL

rent
rent allowance
rent book
rent boy
rent collector
rent rebate
rent review
rent strike
rent-a-car
rent-a-crowd
rent-a-mob
rent-controlled
rent-free
rent-roll
rentability
rentable
rental
rental car
rental library
rentaller

WORDS THAT END LIKE RENT CONTROL

air-traffic control
automatic frequency control
automatic gain control
birth control
climate control
control
cost control
credit control
cruise control
gun control
inventory control
patrol
pest control
process control
quality control
radio control
remote control
self-control
traction control
traffic control
volume control

Synonyms and antonyms of rent control in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «rent control» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RENT CONTROL

Find out the translation of rent control to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rent control from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rent control» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

租金管制
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

control de alquileres
570 millions of speakers

English

rent control
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

किराया नियंत्रण
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ضبط الإيجار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

контроль аренду
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

controle de aluguel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভাড়া নিয়ন্ত্রণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contrôle des loyers
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kawalan sewa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mietpreis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

家賃統制
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

임대료 통제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kontrol sewa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuê kiểm soát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாடகை கட்டுப்பாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भाडे नियंत्रण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kira kontrolü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

controllo degli affitti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kontrola wynajęcia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

контроль оренду
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

controlul chirie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τον έλεγχο των ενοικίων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

huurbeheer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hyresregleringen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leie kontroll
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rent control

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RENT CONTROL»

The term «rent control» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.681 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RENT CONTROL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rent control

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RENT CONTROL»

Discover the use of rent control in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rent control and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rent Control
The authors argue that partial repeals of rent control have been ineffective at best, and counterproductive at worst - only complete abolition of rent and eviction controls imposed by the state can revitalise the housing markets.
Robert Albon, D. C. Stafford, 1987
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The Rent control debate
The most comprehensive and authoritative treatment of the rent control issue to date, this volume addresses: the conditions that provoke interest in rent control, the outcome of implementing the policy, the instruments used for evaluating ...
Paul L. Niebanck, 1985
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Rent control: regulation and the rental housing market
This book provides a thorough assessment of the evolution of rent regulation in North American cities. Contributors sketch rent control's origins, legal status, economic impacts, political dynamics, and social meaning.
William Dennis Keating, Michael B. Teitz, Andrejs Skaburskis, 1998
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Universal Law Series Land Laws Lease, Licences Rent Control ...
Findings of the court: After perusing section 3 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, Supreme Court observed that"In order to strike a balance between the interests of the landlords and also the tenants and for giving a boost to house building ...
Dr. Ashutosh
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Rent Control: The Perennial Folly (Cato Public Policy ...
landlord, and rent control advocate—has with respect to rental housing. That is the right to offer to make available or to acquire rental housing services on any terms whatsoever. No one, not even a “socially conscious" rent control advocate,  ...
Charles W. Baird, 1980
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California Tenants' Rights
"California Tenants' Rights provides you with the specific, current information you need, and discusses how to: understand and negotiate a lease break a lease with minimum fall-out get your security deposit back "--
Janet Portman, David Brown, 2013
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Invisible City: Poverty, Housing, and New Urbanism
Much of the criticism of rent control has been misdirected. Our comprehensive review of numerous studies on the effects of rent control indicates that criticism was based almost exclusively on the experience of extremely restrictive forms of rent ...
John I. Gilderbloom, 2009
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Housing and Urban Development in Ghana: With Special ...
Judging from recent house building construction activities in Accra and the major towns of Ghana, one would think that the current rent control law PNDCL 138 ( 1986) is not much of a hindrance to the housing industry. It is a hindrance but the  ...
Richard Acquaah-Harrison, 2004
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Housing America: Building Out of a Crisis
Table 7.1 Rent Control History 1920 New York adopts Emergency Rent Law of 1920 in response to rising evictions and lack of new housing following World War I. 1929 Increase in vacancy rates leads to repeal of 1920 rent controls in New ...
Benjamin W. Powell, Randall G. Holcombe, 2011
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Every Landlord's Legal Guide
or counties in each state have enacted local rent control ordinances (also called rent stabilization, maximum rent regulation, or a similar term), but often these are some of the state's largest cities—for example, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New  ...
Marcia Stewart, Ralph Warner, Janet Portman, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RENT CONTROL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rent control is used in the context of the following news items.
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Richmond becomes first city in Contra Costa to approve rent control
RICHMOND -- The city will become the first in Contra Costa County to enact strict rent control and eviction policies, joining Berkeley, San Francisco and Oakland ... «Contra Costa Times, Jul 15»
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Sawant, Licata taking on opponents of rent control in debate
Kshama Sawant and Nick Licata have said the city is quickly becoming unaffordable for wage earners and the opposition said rent control would drive away ... «KIRO Seattle, Jul 15»
3
Slapping New York's have-nots — the truth about rent control
Never since its 1969 birth has the Rent Guidelines Board prohibited rents from rising. Yet even that's not enough for the self-proclaimed “tenant advocates. «New York Post, Jun 15»
4
Richmond City Council Supports Just Cause Eviction Protections …
Activists say the vote in support of just cause eviction protections and rent control was the culmination of a yearlong effort to fight back against gentrification, ... «East Bay Express, Jun 15»
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Rent control to be extended for 4 years
ALBANY — Tenants jittery about the fate of rent protections in New York City finally got some good news from the state Tuesday when Gov. Cuomo and ... «New York Post, Jun 15»
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Cuomo plans rent control rally
Governor Andrew Cuomo is planning a rally Thursday in support of tougher rent regulations, Capital has learned, even as tenant groups question his ... «Capital New York, Jun 15»
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San Jose mulls more rent control
Mayor Sam Liccardo and four council members are proposing several affordable housing measures, including expanding San Jose's rent-control law. That law ... «San Jose Mercury News, May 15»
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Are rent controls actually a good idea – or will they just make …
British? Then there's a fairly good chance you quite fancy a spot of rent control. Earlier this year, campaign group Generation Rent published a survey of over ... «CityMetric, May 15»
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Labour's rent control plans explained
Ed Miliband's announcement that a Labour government would cap rents for private tenants have been attacked by Tories and landlords' groups, but what would ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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How Ironic: America's Rent-Controlled Cities Are Its Least Affordable
Bad ideas die hard, and rent control is no exception. For several decades, there has been near-consensus among economists that laws which cap or regulate ... «Forbes, Apr 15»

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