rent control

noun

1. government control over the amount of rent charged, as for housing.

rent control

noun

1. regulation by law of the rent a landlord can charge for domestic accommodation and of his right to evict tenants

Other Word Forms

• rent-controlled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rent control¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

The housing bill creates provisions for new long-term measures by allowing ministers to designate parts of the country as rent control areas.

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However, he said tenants would "not have real security without rent control".

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"Rent control would keep prices down and keep communities together," he said.

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They will eventually be replaced by longer-term rent controls in the government's Housing Bill, which will allow ministers to decide which parts of Scotland could come under rent control areas.

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The two faced each other on the campaign battlefield just once, squaring off over a 2018 ballot measure that sought to expand rent control in California.

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