With Muslim members away for Eid, Minneapolis City Council kills rent control measure

FILE - Cars drive past the Minneapolis City Hall on June 28, 2023, in Minnesota. While three Muslim council members were away to observe the Eid al-Adha holiday on Wednesday, June 28, the Minneapolis City Council narrowly voted to kill a measure that would have put a rent control question on the ballot this fall. (AP Photo/Trisha Ahmed, File)While three Muslim council members were away to observe the Eid al-Adha holiday, the Minneapolis City Council narrowly voted to kill a measure that would have put a rent control question on the ballot this fall. But with Aisha Chughtai, Jeremiah Ellison and Jamal Osman out on Wednesday, the council voted not to move the measure forward, Minnesota Public Radio reported. Such accusations raged on Twitter, while at the same time, rent control opponents expressed relief the issue was off the table.