The rent stabilization ordinance, which would exempt thousands of units, drew immediate opposition from the mayor ...

Instead of introducing regulations that will disincentivize multifamily investment, policies should focus on removing ...

Massachusetts voters could be faced with a record-setting number of ballot questions in 2026. The post From rent control to ...

The tenant advocate group behind the proposal, Homes For All Massachusetts, announced Tuesday afternoon that it had collected more than 124,000 signatures for a statewide ballot initiative that would ...

Boston Public Radio hosts Jim Braude, left, and Margery Eagan, right, speak to Mayor Michelle Wu during a show broadcast from the Boston Public Library on Nov. 18, 2025. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu sent ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey opposes a destructive state referendum.

Several proposed ballot questions are of interest to Cape Codders, including housing initiatives and a conservation fund that ...

The Massachusetts State House in Boston. Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Sign up BOSTON — Even before it has advanced in the process of getting on the ...

A coalition of housing groups plans to pursue a ballot question next year that would limit annual rent increases in Massachusetts to no more than 5%, a policy supporters argue is a “moderate” form of ...

Today, the Boston Globe published my article (paywall-free version here) on why rent control is a terrible approach to addressing the housing crisis. Massachusetts should instead ban exclusionary ...

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter takes a look at the bad idea in housing policy that never seems to die: rent control. In Massachusetts, housing ...

There's some good news for apartment-hunters in Massachusetts: Rent is getting cheaper in some Boston-area locations, ...