"Small property owners provide 75 percent of the rental housing in the Commonwealth," Schloming says. "And most of that is at the affordable end of the market."
Richard C. Ferrington '52, a Cambridge landlord, is quick to point out that property owners do not view the battle of the bill as a war against tenants.
"Most people don't act this way," he says, referring to the many upstanding tenants he has served over the years.
"If you didn't care about your tenants, you wouldn't provide good housing when rents weren't high enough to cover expenses--and I did it," Farrington says.
SPOA President Lenore M. Schloming '59 contended at the Monday hearing that the law will better landlord-tenant relations.
"Living rent-free does not help solve tenants problems, they eventually will move out," she said, adding that other problems such as bad credit may follow them.
Further, she added, the weight it would place on tenants is less than that currently placed on landlords.
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