rent control

noun

: government regulation of the amount charged as rent for housing and often also of eviction
rent-controlled adjective

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Hanson, on the other hand, had called for preserving rent control for further study rather than watering it down. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2025 Just 31 of California’s 539 cities and counties have rent control, according to Tenants Together. Jeff Collins, Oc Register, 1 Aug. 2025 Omar Fateh, running on promises to make Minneapolis more affordable by raising minimum wage and implementing rent control, mirrors New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who won the city's primary race just a month ago. The National Desk, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2025 But housing regulation acts as an opportunity tax and so do requirements that impose price or rent controls. Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rent control

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rent control was in 1916

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“Rent control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rent%20control. Accessed 10 Aug. 2025.

Legal Definition

rent control

noun
: government regulation of the amount charged as rent for housing and often also of eviction
rent-controlled adjective
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