Jason CHAFFETZ

(1967- )

CHAFFETZ, Jason, a
Representative from Utah; born in Los Gatos, Santa Clara County,
Calif., March 26, 1967; B. A., Brigham Young University, Provo,
Utah, 1989; business executive; chief of staff, Utah governor John
Huntsman, 2004; Utah Valley board of trustees, 2007-2008; elected
as a Republican to the One Hundred Eleventh and to the succeeding
Congress (January 3, 2009-present).

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-PresentThe City's present scheme was enacted in 1976, pursuant to powers granted under Chapter 36 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1976 (the Act).  About three years later, the city council passed the Ordinance, thereby enlarging the 1976 law.  Aware that a trend toward condominium conversion had been depleting scarce housing stock and exacerbating an already existing shortage of rental housing, the council opted to restrict the ready removal of residential units from the rental market.  As stated in the Ordinance's preface:


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A serious public emergency continues to exist in the City with respect to the housing of a substantial number of its citizens....  The emergency has worsened since 1976 because of the removal of a substantial number of rental units from the market, by condominium