RENT CONTROL

 

rent control.A restriction imposed, usu. by municipal legislation, on the maximum rent that a

landlord may charge for rental property, and often on a landlord’s power of eviction. [Cases:

Landlord and Tenant 200.10–200.55. C.J.S. Landlord and Tenant §§ 551.1, 760.] [Blacks Law 8th]