rent-controlled

[rent-kuhn-trohld]

adjective

1. subject to rent control, in which the price a landlord can charge tenants is limited by the government.

Example Sentences

As local and state leaders celebrate the fastest wildfire debris removal in modern American history, the Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Home Estates — a rent-controlled, 170-unit enclave off Pacific Coast Highway — remains largely untouched since it burned down in January.

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Larry Gross, executive director of the Coalition for Economic Survival, said he fears developers will use the law to demolish rent-controlled duplexes, replacing them with more expensive apartment projects.

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“The loss of more rent-controlled housing is not going to solve our housing crisis. It’s just going to exacerbate it.”

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But for people such as Rodriguez — a sole breadwinner living in a rent-controlled apartment — it’s just another stressor compounding an already grim financial reality.

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They brought their 412-square-foot, rent-controlled apartment to life with bold patterns on the furniture and colorful artwork on the walls.

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