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Rent control is the creature of ordinances enacted by local governments and in the narrowest sense refers to limits on how much rent landlords can charge, and spell out how often landlords can raise the rent. Yet, many of these regulatory regimes have eviction control that enumerates reasons why a tenant can be evicted. Oftentimes, these ordinances afford tenants still more protections in the form of minimum lease terms, relocation payment assistance, special notice requirements, mediation services, buyout agreement regulations, and other safeguards.

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