Stay informed on the latest developments on rent control impacting every community across Massachusetts.
Massachusetts voters are on track to decide a potentially record-setting number of ballot questions in 2026, and Gov. Maura Healey has already started to figure out how she’ll fill in the bubbles.
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Companies are fleeing, residents are bolting, colleges are closing, hospitals are bleeding, and the federal government is rerouting our funding to red states.
A dozen Mass. mayors says it would worsen the housing crisis. Amid concerns about a construction slowdown, some local officials come out against rent control.
The ballot proposal would impose statewide limits on annual rent increases – tying them to inflation or 5%, whichever is lower – and apply those caps broadly across Massachusetts.
Uncertainty may put projects on hold across the state. Will rent control fears chill housing construction?
This fall, Massachusetts voters will likely weigh in on whether the state should have rent control.No community here has capped annual increases in rent for more than 30 years.
We need to maintain the focus on boosting housing supply, not stifle it with market-dampening regulations
A column from The Boston Globe argues that two proposed ballot questions in Massachusetts, rent control and an income tax cut, would reduce new housing construction and lower state revenue.
A Worcester Telegram & Gazette guest column argues that a proposed statewide rent control ballot question would not solve Massachusetts’ housing crisis and could create challenges for cities and towns.
A new Pew analysis found that adding more housing helps slow rent growth, especially for older and more affordable apartments in lower-income neighborhoods.
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