31.   Moreover, as a homeowner, you would not have to worry about the prospect of rent increases.

32.   Nor does the installation in a rent-regulated building make the owner eligible for a rent increase under the major capital improvement program.

33.   Philip Depoian, deputy executive director at the Los Angeles Department of Airports, explained that the rent increase is standard for all tenants at the airport.

34.   Previous mayoral administrations have been reluctant to seek rent increases for the city because of the possibility that they might be signing long-term contracts with mob-tainted companies.

35.   Renewing these contracts would enable HUD to eliminate the automatic rent increases, he added.

36.   Rent increases and an ailing mother back home have convinced him it is time to leave.

37.   Rent increases on apartments covered by the rent control and stabilization laws are dictated by government agencies.

38.   Renters also could feel some higher costs that get passed down as rent increases, according to some property owners.

39.   Schulte said pressure from rising import prices were offset by falling oil prices and slower rent increases.

40.   Some dealers had threatened to leave the city over the rent increases and the new regulations, but in the end the trade associations agreed to the new leases.