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2023 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts
Chapter 40p - The Massachusetts Rent Control Prohibition Act
Section 3 - Definition of Rent Control
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MA Gen L ch 40p § 3 (2023)
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Section 3. For purposes of this chapter, the words ''rent control'' shall mean:
(a) any regulation that in any way requires below-market rents for residential properties; and
(b) any regulation that is part of a regulatory scheme of rent control as defined in clause (a), including the regulation of occupancy, services, evictions, condominium conversion and the removal of properties from such rent control scheme; except that
(c) this definition does not include the regulation of, or agreements affecting, publicly owned housing, publicly subsidized housing, federally assisted housing, or mobile homes.
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