Rent Control Opponents Sue to Keep Measure Off the Ballot
Rent control opponents have gone to court to try to stop a November ballot question that would impose one of the strictest caps on rent in the country.
Rent Control Foes Say Grassroots Claims About Ballot Question Were ‘Misleading’
Campaign finance reports show that the organizers behind a proposed rent control ballot question relied on paid staff affiliated with supporters to collect signatures.
Can Mass. Rent Control Foes Get Their Message Out?
The biggest swing factor in the upcoming Massachusetts rent control fight will be how the media covers the ballot question.
Opponents Begin Pushback Against Rent Control
Opponents of statewide rent control kicked off their campaign today by warning of threats to new housing construction.
Healey Reelection Launch Puts Housing, MBTA Front and Center
The governor’s pursuit of a second term, with Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll on board once again, comes “with a commitment to improve the lives of all Massachusetts families, lower costs, and stand up to the Trump Administration’s harms,” Healey’s campaign said.
Landlords Ask Legislature for Alternate Ballot Question
Acknowledging the widespread support for a ballot question to legalize rent control, a landlord group is asking the Legislature to approve an alternate ballot question encouraging voluntary rent stabilization.
Voters Face a Choice: Build Our Future, or Blow It Up?
Voters are boiling over with frustration as costs escalate in almost every segment of their lives. Will they go for rent control, or new construction as the solution to housing costs?
Rent Control Backers Report Huge Signature Haul
The campaign behind a proposed 2026 ballot measure to establish rent control across the state says it has cleared the highest signature-gathering hurdle in the initiative petition process well ahead of deadline.
Rent Control Could Join YIMBY Ballot Question for 2026 Vote
One set of housing advocates wants voters to repeal the statewide ban on local rent control laws. Another wants to lift yet another big barrier to building moderately-priced homes.
