Biss and Priztker support repeal of rent Control ban
So far Biss is 0 for 2 in my book; support trading tax and support rent control
As the March gubernatorial primary approaches, two candidates have now expressed support for repealing Illinois's Rent Control Preemption Act—a 1997 law that prohibits municipalities from enacting any form of regulation on residential or commercial rent prices. This week state senator Daniel Biss and wealthy businessman J.B. Pritzker spoke in support of a house bill that would lift the ban and allow local governments to grapple with the issue of rent control. Biss has also committed to introducing a companion bill in the senate early in the upcoming legislative session.
The Rent Control Preemption Act was a piece of legislation championed by the ultraconservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in state legislatures around the country in the late 1980s and 90s. It overrides municipalities' "home rule" powers and forbids any unit of local government to "enact, maintain, or enforce an ordinance or resolution that would have the effect of controlling the amount of rent charged for leasing private residential or commercial property."