--- title: News | Commonwealth Housing Alliance description: Join the Commonwealth Housing Alliance coalition to get powerful updates on the 2026 rent control ballot. Sign up for trusted housing advocacy news today. --- # Latest News Stay informed on the latest developments on rent control impacting every community across Massachusetts. [![Gov. Maura Healey](https://www.commonwealthhousing.org/hubfs/news_healey-2.png) ##### Healey on ballot questions: ‘no’ on rent control 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. Read more ](https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2025-12-23/healey-on-ballot-questions-yes-for-public-records-no-on-rent-control) [![Is the Massachusetts Economy About to Get Wrecked?](https://www.commonwealthhousing.org/hubfs/news_MA-econ.png) ##### Is the Massachusetts Economy About to Get Wrecked? Companies are fleeing, residents are bolting, colleges are closing, hospitals are bleeding, and the federal government is rerouting our funding to red states. Read more ](https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2026/03/24/is-massachusetts-economy-in-trouble/) [![Parkside](https://www.commonwealthhousing.org/hubfs/news_parkside-2.png) ##### Rent control is on track to reach the November ballot. 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. Read more ](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/15/business/mayors-oppose-rent-control/) [![Commonwealth Housing Alliance](https://www.commonwealthhousing.org/hubfs/News%204.png) ##### CHA Launches to Protect Homeowners and Communities from Rising Costs 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. Read more ](https://lynntv.org/commonwealth-housing-alliance-launches-to-protect-homeowners-and-communities-from-rising-costs/) [![Construction](https://www.commonwealthhousing.org/hubfs/News%205.png) ##### Can Massachusetts build more housing under rent control? Uncertainty may put projects on hold across the state. Will rent control fears chill housing construction? Read more ](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/06/opinion/housing-development-investment-rent-control-mass/) [![Devil is in the details](https://www.commonwealthhousing.org/hubfs/News%206.png) ##### Devil is in the details’: What Massachusetts can learn about rent control from Portland, Maine 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. Read more ](https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/devil-is-details-what-massachusetts-can-learn-about-rent-control-portland-maine/QU424SW6VNB6DOMQ6BNZSDRHAM/) [![Rent control ballot question won’t solve our housing problems](https://www.commonwealthhousing.org/hubfs/News%207.png) ##### Rent control ballot question won’t solve our housing problems — it will add to them We need to maintain the focus on boosting housing supply, not stifle it with market-dampening regulations Read more ](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/rent-control-ballot-question-wont-solve-our-housing-problems-it-will-add-to-them/) [![Dumb and dumber](https://www.commonwealthhousing.org/hubfs/News%208.png) ##### Dumb and dumber: Mass. rent control, tax cut proposals would backfire 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. Read more ](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/23/newsletters/massachusetts-rent-control-tax-cut-ballot-initiatives/) [![Rent control Boston Globe](https://www.commonwealthhousing.org/hubfs/Rent%20control%20Boston%20Globe.png) ##### Rent control not the fix for housing crisis 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. Read more ](https://www.telegram.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2026/05/17/opinionguest-column-rent-control-not-the-fix-for-housing-crisis/90045887007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z115324p001450n11----l004350c11----e005400v115324d--56--b--56--&gca-ft=226&gca-ds=sophi) [![PEW](https://www.commonwealthhousing.org/hubfs/PEW.jpg) ##### New Housing Slows Rent Growth Most for Older, More Affordable Units A new Pew analysis found that adding more housing helps slow rent growth, especially for older and more affordable apartments in lower-income neighborhoods. Read more ](https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2025/07/31/new-housing-slows-rent-growth-most-for-older-more-affordable-units) #### Join the Coalition Sign up for our email newsletter to receive updates about the proposed 2026 ballot question on rent control.