Word: systems
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...problem with the deduction is that the "average American" gets precious little out of it. You could scarcely imagine a system that distributes housing assistance as regressively as does the mortgage interest deduction...
...exciting in recent years because three council members are not seeking re-election, leaving it to voters to decide whether the liberal Cambridge Civic Association should gain a majority on the council for the first time in many years and what the future of the city's rent control system should...
Paul G. Ahern, a self-described small landlord said he voted for the proposition because "I think price control has been in the city too long, and there's a bunch of liberals running it." He added that under the system, he does not get enough money to to fix up his property. "It's terrible," he said...
Nearly all those queried said they voted against the referendum, which supporters have said would give people who would otherwise never be able to own homes the opportunity to purchase them. Opponents to the measure argue that it would cripple the city's rent control system by severely depleting the supply of rent-controlled housing in Cambridge...
...tenants said they backed the proposition--although mostly for personal reasons. Said one tenant who asked not to be named, "I have a four-family house under rent control. I would like to give one unit to my daughter and one to my son and under this system I can't do that...