Rent Control Board v. 375 Associates Ltd. Partnership

The defendant, owner of the Crimson Court Apartments in Cambridge,1 appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court declaring that the plaintiff, Rent Control Board of Cambridge (board), retained jurisdiction to control the rents *697of the defendant’s apartments under St. 1976, c. 36, § 3 (b) (3) (ii). That statute, which authorizes the regulation of maximum rents of “controlled rental units” in the city of Cambridge, excludes from the definition of “controlled rental units,” all “rental units [as to] which a governmental unit, agency, or authority . . . regulates the rents.” The defendant argues…