(Editor’s note: This article was updated at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, to include comments from Progressive Massachusetts Policy Director Jonathan Cohn.) Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty is one ...

Holyoke Mayor Joshua A. Garcia, Agawam Mayor Christopher Johnson, Springfield City Councilor Michael Fenton and other leaders statewide are speaking out against a proposed rent control ballot question ...

As Wisconsin renters debate renewing their leases or moving, some are discovering their rent is going up. But is there a limit to how much your landlord can raise your rent? Abrielle Newman, a staff ...

The question on rent control is on track for the November ballot. The cap would limit landlords in Massachusetts to the increase of the Consumer Price Index, or 5%, whichever is lower. The initiative ...

In the 2025 campaign filings of the two opposing sides of the Massachusetts rent control ballot measure, those opposed to the measure are more often opening up their checkbooks, while those in favor ...

The Costa Mesa City Council recently considered creating a rental registry — a key component of rent control — even though local voters have repeatedly rejected local government expanding rent control ...

For state Sen. Cindy Friedman, there’s only one way for opposing sides on rent control to settle their differences. Friedman, an Arlington Democrat and chair of the Special Joint Committee on ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – A potential ballot question would cap how much rent could increase year-to-year in the Bay State–a form of rent control that is causing major waves on Beacon Hill. Experts divided on ...

The looming rent control ballot fight in Massachusetts could have as high as a $300 billion price tag for housing markets across the Bay State. An economic analysis from the Tufts University Center ...

Massachusetts mayors have their red ink ready for a statewide rent control ballot measure after a study found the initiative would eliminate $300 billion in property values, as supporters call it a ...

As real estate groups line up to fight the rent control initiative on the Massachusetts ballot this fall, a new economic report shows what may be at stake. An economic analysis conducted by the Tufts ...

Ever since advocates last year unveiled a ballot question that would bring one of the strictest rent control regimes in the United States to Massachusetts, real estate groups have been sounding the ...