Advocates Pushing Rent Control Plan for 2026 Ballot

Advocates pushing rent control plan for 2026 ballot

BOSTON — Frustrated by a lack of support on Beacon Hill, a coalition of housing advocacy groups want to take their push to bring rent control to the state's voters.

Fight to restore rent control in Mass. could soon land at the ballot box - The Boston Globe

A tenant coalition is launching a campaign to bring a “rent stabilization” plan to Massachusetts voters next year, more than three decades after similar rules were outlawed statewide.

Tenants take rent fight to Beacon Hill: Activists tell lawmakers housing costs are unsustainable without local caps

BOSTON – Florence resident Envy Thomas found herself on the Grand Staircase of the State House Tuesday afternoon describing her precarious living situation to hundreds of others in advance of a public hearing on proposed rent control legislation.