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Tenants protest hikes imposed by new landlord

But new owners cite below-market rates

By Matt Byrne

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 13, 2012

Scores of tenants in Malden and Medford have banded together to fight sudden rent increases and landlord intimidation, after a Boston real estate firm purchased three apartment buildings late last month and promptly demanded substantially higher rents.

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