Legal Articles RENT CONTROL LEGISLATIONS- A BRIEF STUDY OF HP URBAN RENT CONTROL ACT, 1987 August 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on RENT CONTROL LEGISLATIONS- A BRIEF STUDY OF HP URBAN RENT CONTROL ACT, 1987 By: Miss Bhumika Sharma* and Mr. Karan Chandel “Rent controls were introduced in the early 1900s in the United States and some other parts of the world to check uninhibited rent increases and tenant eviction during wartime housing emergencies. After World War II, there was a sudden increase in the demand for rentable housing from […] Read more » RENT CONTROL LEGISLATIONS- A BRIEF STUDY OF HP URBAN RENT CONTROL ACT