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On the recordJuly 17, 2013
We need more rental housing options to keep up with the demand. Yet this proposal does the opposite: reducing liquidity; increasing building costs; and driving up working families' rent.
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Mike Capuano
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Criticism of a proposal that harms rental housing availability and increases costs for families.

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