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Coalition plans to take rent control to the ballot in 2026
A coalition of housing activists, unions and social justice organizations plan to collect signatures to place a rent control ballot measure before voters in next year’s state election.
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Rent control advocates, opponents state their case during State House hearing
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Rent control advocates, opponents state their case during State House hearing
Advocates flocked to the State House, July 29, amid a renewed push to eliminate the statewide ban that prohibits cities and towns in Massachusetts from creating local rent control measures.
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Activists march for rent control
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Activists march for rent control
Activists from Greater Boston-area cities and towns marched on the State House Tuesday, May 20 as part of a national demonstration against the Trump administration’s planned cuts to federal housing programs.
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New rent control legislation takes aim at drastic increases
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New rent control legislation takes aim at drastic increases
On Monday, legislators, housing justice groups, landlords, tenants and other supporters gathered at the Massachusetts State House for a briefing organized by Homes for All Massachusetts on proposed legislation for rent stabilization in Massachusetts.
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Council approves Wu's rent stabilization home rule petition
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Council approves Wu's rent stabilization home rule petition
The Boston City Council on March 8 passed Mayor Michelle Wu’s rent stabilization proposal 11-2, with District 3 Councilor Frank  Baker and at-large Councilor Erin Murphy voting “no.”
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Activists weigh in on rent control
Advocates lobbying Boston City Council members for stricter rent control measures than those initially proposed by Mayor Michelle Wu have found a sympathetic ear but have gained few promises so far.
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Councilors debate Wu's rent stabilization petition
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Councilors debate Wu's rent stabilization petition
Boston City Councilors are drawing lines in the sand over a raft of measures put forward by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu in a home rule petition on rent stabilization.
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Wu sends rent control plan to Council
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Wu sends rent control plan to Council
Efforts to reimplement rent control in Boston took an official step forward Monday when Mayor Michelle Wu sent her proposed home rule petition to the Boston City Council.
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Activists see opening  for new rent control law
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Activists see opening for new rent control law
Hundreds of activists, organized under the banners of Homes for All Massachusetts and Right to the City Boston, gathered in front of the Massachusetts State House last Saturday to rally in support of legislative bills introduced in the state House and Senate last week that would lift the state’s decades-old ban on local rent control measures.
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Wu’s push for rent control 20 years in the making
Mayor Michelle Wu’s rent stabilization proposal is the latest in a series of efforts in Boston spanning nearly three decades to reinstate some form of rent stabilization following a 1994 statewide referendum that disallowed rent control.
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Mayor releases legislative agenda
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is promoting her agenda for action at the state level as a new legislative session begins on Beacon Hill.
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Rent control debate brewing
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Rent control debate brewing
A day after preliminary details of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s long-awaited local rent control policy emerged, elected officials who may soon vote on the issue began contending with what it will ultimately look like.
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