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London housing crisis: what is the case for rent controls?

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Tuesday, 12 June 2012 (on June 12, 2012)
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Formal rent controls have few champions these days, but will Boris Johnson's approach to the capital's private rented sector be more effective?

Despite private sector rents routinely

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