Powerful Real Estate Group Says It’s Open to Rent Control Compromise

Talks on rent control deal heat up

As talk swirls around a possible compromise to the rent control proposal heading toward November's ballot, a top House official said Wednesday that proponents need to get "a large group of other folks in the real estate community on board" for one to materialize.

Powerful real estate group says it’s open to rent control compromise

IN THE LATEST TWIST over a potential November ballot question imposing statewide rent control, one of the three real estate groups that had been prepared to help bankroll a multimillion-dollar campaign to defeat the measure says it’s now open to a compromise proposal that would avoid the high-stakes ballot showdown. The move, which other members of the opposition coalition are bristling over, comes two weeks after a separate group of real estate…

Key real estate group says it’s open to compromise on rent control to avoid ballot fight - The Boston Globe

Powerful trade group NAIOP Massachusetts said Tuesday that it, too, is ready to negotiate to avoid a potentially bruising ballot fight this fall on a strict statewide rent cap, putting forth a counterproposal of its own.