regulation by law of the rent landlords can charge for domestic accommodation and of their right to evict tenants
rent control in American English
noun
government control over the amount of rent charged, as for housing
Derived forms
rent-controlled
adjective
Word origin
[1930–35]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boondoggle, hypercorrection, logical positivism, preset, video
Examples of 'rent control' in a sentence
rent control
It is a rent-control apartment in a neighbourhood that has become fashionable over time.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
This week he has added rent control to a manifesto that includes energy price control, control of payday lending and interference in foreign takeovers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It's not just the issue of rent control (though that would help), but tenure security.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
As well, they propose "effective rent control" to help tenants whenever the vacancy rate falls below a trigger rate.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Reintroducing rent control is bound to hurt renters in the long term by discouraging builders from constructing rental housing.
Globe and Mail (2003)
She now favours rent controls, opposes nuclear power and wants a minimum wage.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Three-year rent controls would ruin the rental market.
The Sun (2015)
So are these '1970s-style rent controls', as has been claimed?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Rent controls, however, create a few arbitrary winners and a housing shortage.