rent-stabilized

adjective

Charging a rent agreed to by tenants and landlords and mediated by a state.

“I paid under the table for my rent-stabilized apartment.”

Meanings

adjectiverent-stabilized (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCharging a rent agreed to by tenants and landlords and mediated by a state.

    I paid under the table for my rent-stabilized apartment.

    1 more example

    Central to that vision will be the most ambitious agenda to tackle the cost-of-living crisis that this city has seen since the days of Fiorello La Guardia: an agenda that will freeze the rents for more than two million rent-stabilized tenants, make buses fast and free, and deliver universal child care across our city.

    2025 November 5, Zohran Mamdani, “The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
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Chicago

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