"Students live a lifestyle that can outspend families with children," he says.
That's echoed by Jon Lenicheck, a district representative in the Cambridge office of U.S. Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-Somerville).
"A family of four can just not keep up with the spending power of five students," Lenicheck says.
"That's not to paint anyone as a villain," he continues, "but it is a fact of the market."
The problem has become compounded since Cambridge ended rent control in 1995.
With rent prices no longer constrained, and landlords can charge high amounts that students are willing to pay.
"In apartments where groups of students live," Cavellini says, "there are four to five wage earners. In a family there are two parents that work and children that don't. So it is difficult for the family to compete with a group of students living in an apartment."
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