Sure enough, an Urban Planning Aid study found that, during the three years after rent control began, investment in new ...
Rent control critics point to sharp drops in building permits in cities with new regulations, raising concerns about future housing supply.
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Editorial: Rent control not part of Healey's affordability plans

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By action rather than words, Gov. Maura Healey previously has indicated that rent control isn't an effective way to combat the high housing cost burden borne ...
LA has had rent control for decades. Still, most of the city’s renters pay more than what the federal government considers ...
In Kingston, tenants say they fear eviction amid turmoil at City Hall that threatens local rent-stabilization policies.
A potential 2026 ballot question could reinstate rent control in Massachusetts, a policy several of the state's top leaders ...
"I’m a ‘no’ because, if you look at the studies, you effectively halt [housing] production," Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday.
Asked this week about whether she'd support a statewide rent control measure to help combat the current housing crisis, Gov.
Healey said on Boston Public Radio Tuesday that she plans to vote yes on a question that would apply the state’s public-record law to her office and the Legislature. She plans to vote no on a question ...
A showdown looms between Mayor Steve Noble and the new Common Council on Tuesday when he delivers his State of the City address at the same meeting where lawmakers are expected to ...
Small property owners are only a few missed bank checks away from losing their businesses, said rent control opponent Amir ...