Five Real Estate Turkeys for 2025
It’s that time of year again, when we recognize the dumb ideas, political cowardice and dodo development plans that add a little extra spice to life in Massachusetts.
Tenant Retention Takes Center Stage
A flexible investment strategy has fueled the growth of Helge Capital. With the Boston multifamily market softening modestly, CEO Oleg Uritsky says it’s shifting to focus on keeping tenants from moving.
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 Foes Get Early Start on Lobbying
It isn’t even on the ballot yet, but real estate interests have started urging mayors and regional chambers of commerce to oppose an effort to revive rent control across Massachusetts.
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 Hike Limits Pitched As Complement to Housing Production Push
Hundreds of tenants from across Massachusetts descended on Beacon Hill Tuesday to show their support for perennial rent stabilization legislation.
Q&A: Boston Mayoral Candidate Josh Kraft Talks Housing
Josh Kraft is centering his campaign around issues like housing, bike lanes and the reconstruction of White Stadium – all of which he calls “failed policies” of the Wu administration.
Rent Control Won’t Help Mass. Become More Affordable. Expanding Rental Vouchers Will
Building our way out of the housing crisis will take too long to help those suffering now. But rent control will halt the real long-term fix – building more homes – in its tracks.
Kraft Claims IDP Cut Will Kickstart Housing Construction
Boston mayoral challenger Josh Kraft would create a city registry of rent-controlled apartments to bypass brokers under a voluntary proposal to rein in rent increases.
In Campaign Launch, Kraft Pitches Rent Control
Challenger Joshua Kraft took aim at incumbent Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s record on housing production and affordability as he launched his campaign for mayor Tuesday morning.
Harris to Call for 3M New Homes in Next Four Years
Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on high food and housing prices as her campaign previews an economic policy speech Friday in North Carolina.
Biden to Call for 5 Percent Cap on Annual Rent Increases
President Joe Biden is ready to propose a 5 percent cap on annual rent increases for tenants of major landlords as he tries to show he’s doing something about the high cost of housing.
Poll Shows It’s Up to Healey to Guide State’s Housing Fixes
When it comes to tackling the housing crisis, Massachusetts voters want an all-of-the-above approach. That’s one message to take away from a recent poll.
Liberal Cambridge Takes a Pass on Rent Control
Is it time to put aside the old schtick about the “People’s Republic” of Cambridge? The city has been an outlier among its inner-core peers in not pursuing rent control last year. The reasons for that are rooted in history.
Boston Mayor: I Lobbied Yellen on Interest Rates
When she toured Roxbury Community College with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Wednesday, part of a trip to promote the Biden administration’s clean energy polices, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said she pressed the secretary on the impact high interest rates were having on housing construction.
