Word: controller
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Obviously the post of Cambridge rent control administrator will be a powerful one and must be filled by a man of judgment and good administrative capabilities. Very little can be done to implement the law before the appointment of this man, yet the city manager has delayed making an appointment for over three weeks...
...clause that may specifically affect Harvard states that "rental units in any college or school dormitory operated exclusively for charitable or educational purpose" shall be exempt form rent control. The Cambridge rent administrator will have to decide whether or not such housing as Peabody Terrace will fall under this ill-defined category. Cronin has already stated that he interprets the law to mean that such housing would not be covered by rent control...
...state has also exempted from rent control all units built after January 1, 1969, all government-owned or operated units, and owner-occupied two- and three-family dwellings. In addition to these exemptions the rent administrator will have to interpret one of the state's more ambiguous provisions which states "that a municipality accepting this act may exempt those rental units for which the rent charge exceeds limits specified by said municipality provided that no more than twenty-five per cent of the total rental units be exempted under this section." Apparently this means that the administrator may fix higher...
While the manager delays in making this important appointment the Cambridge rent control law is moving nowhere under temporary administrator Cronin. Landlords are filling out forms but no one is paying lower rents. A motion to conduct a hearing for Cambridge citizens at which Cronin would be forced to answer questions about why the rent rollback is being delayed was put off by Councillor Danehy...
Unless Cronin takes some more serious steps towards immediate implementation of the rent rollback, or unless the city manager appoints a competent administrator soon, the new rent control law will only continue to serve as a tug of war rope between Cambridge tenants and landlords. The law was meant for more than that...