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

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — 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. A majority of the council supports a 3% annual residential rent cap. But with Aisha Chughtai, Jeremiah Ellison and Jamal Osman out on Wednesday, the council voted not to move the measure forward. The three members have criticized the vote as going against “the spirit of inclusion Minneapolis prides itself on” and said the council should have rescheduled the meeting or delayed the vote.