Rent Control Bd. of Cambridge v. Cambridge Tower Corp.

Under a special act authorizing the regulation of maximum rents of “controlled rental units” in the city of Cambridge, “rental units [as to] which a governmental unit, agency, or authority . . . regulates the rents” are excluded from the definition of “controlled rental units.” St. 1976, c. 36, § 3 (b) (3) (ii). A Cambridge ordinance concerning the removal from the market of controlled rental units, as defined in the rent control act, provides that such units may not be removed from the rental market (e.g., converted to a cooperative) unless the rent control board of Cambridge (board) grants…