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FROM Gary D. Painter
Is the Ellis Act misused to bypass rent control laws? Landlords are taking more rent-controlled apartments off the market than ever before. They’re using a state law called the Ellis Act. Last year, nearly 1400 units were removed -- about 27 percent more than the year before.
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