DECONTROL Definition & Meaning

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decontrol

[ dee-kuhn-trohl ]

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verb (used with object)

decontrolled, decontrolling.

to remove controls, especially government or other official controls, from:
to decontrol prices or rents.

noun

the removal of control.

decontrol

/ ˌ�徱ː��ə��ˈ�ٰ�əʊ�� /

verb

tr to free of restraints or controls, esp government controls
to decontrol prices

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of decontrol¹

First recorded in 1915–20; de- + control

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They eliminated vacancy decontrol, which had allowed landlords to take apartments out of rent regulation when the rent rose above a certain threshold.

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Strengthening rent regulations and eliminating vacancy decontrol, which allows landlords to increase rents when tenants vacate apartments?

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Now, landlords have the right to set rents at market rate each time a unit becomes vacant, a policy known as vacancy decontrol.

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Wolf and Education Secretary Pedro Rivera needed to sign off for decontrol to move forward.

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As a result, more and more tenants lurched toward luxury decontrol and a state of absolute panic.

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