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...city had no backup plan, and people just got forced out of the city,” Iskovitz says, adding that the City Council did not do enough to offset the upward pressure on rents that followed the abolition of rent control...
Affordable housing is a cause that has long been dear to Iskovitz’s heart. Throughout the late 1980s, Iskovitz worked with a group from the Cambridge Tenants Union, and in 1999, he became a member of the Cambridge Citizens Union for Rent Equity, which tried to bring rent control back to Cambridge through a referendum...
...Iskovitz says he agrees with those who say that the old system of rent control had several fundamental flaws that would need to be corrected...
...away from using the term ‘reinstating,’ because I think we need a fair system of rent control that doesn’t pit landlords against tenants,” Iskovitz says. “We need rents that are low enough to be affordable to tenants but high enough that landlords can afford to do upkeep...
...Iskovitz also favors reducing traffic in Cambridge, a problem which he says not only pollutes the city but also is reflective of commercial interests that take up valuable space that could be used for more housing...