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New Apartments

The freeze pertains to new apartments as
well. They must be priced comparably with
other units in the area. Students who have
rented a house for the first time, and think that
the rent was raised above that charged to the
previous occupants, also have cause for
complaint.

A landlord cannot raise the rent from last
spring unless he made capital improvements, or
can show that during the 30 day base period
before August 15 he was charging rent higher
than last spring. Even then he cannot raise the
rent above that charged during the summer.