Boston and Massachusetts leaders are weighing a series of regulations aimed at creating much-needed housing for a region plagued with an affordability crisis. In Boston City Hall and at the ...

A proposed rent control measure in Mass. is described by opponents as detrimental to small landlords. Advocates for the measure say it would stabilize housing costs for tenants and includes exemptions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The proposal would limit the annual rent increase for residential units in Massachusetts to the increase of the Consumer Price ...

A proposal for rent control in Massachusetts is moving closer to appearing on the 2026 ballot after garnering the amount of signatures needed to advance to the next step. The “Keep Massachusetts Home” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The measure, proposed by a coalition of housing advocacy organizations, would have limited the annual rent increase for ...

The push in Massachusetts for one of the country’s strictest rent-control measures has ended in court. The state’s Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday struck down a ballot measure that would have let ...

The head of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce said Sunday that rent control would not solve Massachusetts’ growing problem of keeping young professionals from leaving the region for cheaper ...

The rent control fight in Massachusetts appears to be over for now after a consequential decision from the state’s Supreme Judicial Court. A statewide ballot measure set to appear before voters in ...

On Nov. 10, state Rep. Mike Connolly, lead organizer for a rent control ballot initiative, announced his group was suspending its signature collection for the upcoming election. Connolly instead has ...