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.
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.
Industry’s $30M Anti-Rent Control Campaign Won’t Be Enough
Ads and harsh warnings won’t be enough to convince voters to turn away from rent control. Industry and sympathetic politicians will need to show voters a better world, first.
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?
Bane of Landlords Threatens to Reappear on Ballot
To landlords in Massachusetts, rent control is like Freddy Krueger – a relentless villain that terrorizes victims in an endless series of sequels and remakes.
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 Passes First Hurdle to Get on 2026 Mass. Ballot
Two ballot questions that could have big impacts on Massachusetts real estate vaulted their first hurdle to making it into the 2026 state election.
Rent Control Measure Triggers Ballot Eligibility Debate
The months ahead could feature court battles, a hefty signature-gathering effort and a bruising campaign to sway voters.
Another Rent Control Ballot Initiative Rears Its Ugly Head
We’ll need industry-wide coordination to fight a proposed ballot question that aims to repeal Massachusetts’ ban on rent control. With your help, we’ll stop it again.
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.
Rent Control Backers End Ballot Question Campaign
The decision means rent control supporters only have one avenue left: the state legislature, whose leaders have been notably cool to the idea.
Opponents Challenge Constitutionality of Proposed Rent Control Ballot Q
A burgeoning campaign seeking to revive rent control in some communities already faces stiff, well-funded opposition on policy grounds, and now it will need to withstand a constitutional challenge as well.
