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Utrecht Municipal Authorities Consider Stricter Real Estate Regulations to Curb Landlord Abuses

The city government of Utrecht is considering implementing tougher regulations on private real estate landlords, after discovering that current financial penalties have failed to stop widespread abuses in the local housing market.
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