Instead of introducing regulations that will disincentivize multifamily investment, policies should focus on removing ...

Boston Public Radio hosts Jim Braude, left, and Margery Eagan, right, speak to Mayor Michelle Wu during a show broadcast from the Boston Public Library on Nov. 18, 2025. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu sent ...

The tenant advocate group behind the proposal, Homes For All Massachusetts, announced Tuesday afternoon that it had collected more than 124,000 signatures for a statewide ballot initiative that would ...

The Massachusetts State House in Boston. Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Sign up BOSTON — Even before it has advanced in the process of getting on the ...

Massachusetts voters could be faced with a record-setting number of ballot questions in 2026. The post From rent control to ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey opposes a destructive state referendum.

There's some good news for apartment-hunters in Massachusetts: Rent is getting cheaper in some Boston-area locations, ...

Boston landlords are facing a new reality: the city’s rental market, long one of the tightest in the country, is finally loosening. Owners who once fielded bidding wars are now dangling concessions ...

A proposal for the strictest statewide rent control policy in the US is on track to make it onto the 2026 ballot in Massachusetts. Supporters have collected more than enough signatures to advance a ...

Today, the Boston Globe published my article (paywall-free version here) on why rent control is a terrible approach to addressing the housing crisis. Massachusetts should instead ban exclusionary ...

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter takes a look at the bad idea in housing policy that never seems to die: rent control. In Massachusetts, housing ...

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