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

A business-backed group in Providence released a report warning against a proposed rent control ordinance. The report argues ...

Apartment buildings along Broadway. Nearly a million apartments in New York City are rent-stabilized and another 22,000 are under more stringent rent control. At this moment in New York City, nearly a ...

These programs give struggling landlords a way to raise rents above what local caps normally allow. But few apply, and even ...

Editor’s note: This is the seventh installment in a series examining the roots of America’s housing crisis. To read the earlier pieces, visit the roots of today’s housing crisis. In the 1960s, the ...

The head of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce said Sunday that rent control would not solve Massachusetts’ growing problem of keeping young professionals from leaving the region for cheaper ...

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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The Washington Post editorial board took a hard-line stance against rent control policies, arguing that "capping prices is a textbook policy failure" that ultimately leaves renters "worse off" than ...

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 ...

A proposed rent control measure in Mass. is described by opponents as detrimental to small landlords. Advocates for the measure say it would stabilize housing costs for tenants and includes exemptions ...

Los Angeles is one of more than a dozen California cities with rent-control laws, and by no coincidence, is one of the most unaffordable places to live. The City Council recently approved a proposal ...