The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that a rent control ballot question cannot appear on this November's ballot.

The state is at the forefront of a national debate over how to manage housing costs.

Voters will not have the opportunity to repeal the state’s three-decade ban on rent control.

A campaign to place a rent control question on the 2024 ballot has failed, as it faced a near impossible task of collecting the required amount of signatures within the next two weeks. The initiative ...

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 ...

Gov. Healey and real estate groups are racing to find common ground before a ballot question goes to voters this fall, with skyrocketing rents forcing tenants to work multiple jobs just to pay rent.

On Nov. 10, state Rep. Mike Connolly, lead organizer for a rent control ballot initiative, announced his group was suspending its signature collection for the upcoming election. Connolly instead has ...

In the 2025 campaign filings of the two opposing sides of the Massachusetts rent control ballot measure, those opposed to the measure are more often opening up their checkbooks, while those in favor ...