Boston Mayor Wu Says She Would Support Rent Control Ballot Question

Boston Mayor Wu says she would support rent control ballot question

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said this week that if a proposed ballot question implementing rent control statewide made it to a vote this fall, she would vote in support.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu backs statewide rent control proposal

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said she would vote for a ballot measure that would implement rent control statewide, after previously indicating she opposed it. Wu appeared to flip her position on the potential statewide ballot measure Tuesday, saying that she would back it despite her reservations about the proposal — which lays out more aggressive restrictions than the Boston-specific rent control legislation she pitched three years ago that has sta…

Wu backs rent control ballot question, but hopes for legislative compromise

The Boston mayor had previously signaled wariness over the pending question.

Wu says she would vote for statewide rent control through proposed ballot question

While Boston Mayor Michelle Wu would prefer a local rent control option, she said she would not "let perfect be the enemy of the good."

‘Something’s got to give’: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says she supports rent control ballot measure - The Boston Globe

Wu on Tuesday for the first time publicly backed a proposal that is moving toward the November ballot.

Wu Backs Rent Control, Rejects Citywide Rezoning

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu threw her support behind the November ballot question legalizing rent control in Massachusetts, while rejecting the possibility of Cambridge-style rezoning to legalize denser housing in single-family districts.