State Assemblymember Richard Bloom has introduced a bill that would allow cities to make it illegal for the owners of rent-controlled buildings to hike rents after tenants move out.

The bill would repeal the state’s Costa-Hawkins Act, which allows the owners of rent-controlled buildings to raise rents to market-rate prices when tenants voluntarily leave or are evicted.

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