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Advocates push rent control plan for 2026 ballot

Newburyport Daily News 09 Aug 2025
BOSTON — Frustrated by a lack of support on Beacon Hill, a coalition of housing advocacy groups want to take their push to bring rent control to the state’s voters ... .
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Beacon Hill, rent control ban targeted in flurry of proposed ballot questions

Daily Hampshire Gazette 09 Aug 2025
BOSTON — Many will fall through the cracks. A few may advance to the 2026 ballot. But proposed ballot laws wouldn’t have any chance this election cycle unless supporters filed language and signatures by the close of business Wednesday ... .
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Egypt Ends Rent Control System Than Aided Poor for Decades

New York Times 08 Aug 2025
Officials say a new law will rebalance a housing market long distorted by rigid rent controls, but many residents could be pushed out ... .
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Beacon Hill, rent control ban targeted in ballot questions

Greenfield Recorder 08 Aug 2025
BOSTON — Many will fall through the cracks. A few may advance to the 2026 ballot. But proposed ballot laws wouldn’t have any chance this election cycle unless supporters filed language and signatures by the close of business Wednesday ... .
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Advocates pushing rent control plan for 2026 ballot

The Eagle-Tribune 06 Aug 2025
BOSTON — Frustrated by a lack of support on Beacon Hill, a coalition of housing advocacy groups want to take their push to bring rent control to the state’s voters ... .
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Massachusetts housing groups pursuing rent control ballot question for 2026

Boston Herald 06 Aug 2025
Rent control is a controversial idea on Beacon Hill that has generated heavy debate between housing and landlord groups each time advocates try to repeal the 1994 statewide ban on the practice.
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Housing advocates revive push for rent controls

Gloucester Daily Times 02 Aug 2025
BOSTON — Hundreds of tenants from across ...
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Saskatchewan Opposition calls for rent control

CBC 31 Jul 2025
Saskatchewan's Opposition NDP says it plans to introduce a rent control bill in the legislature this fall ... .
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NDP set to challenge government with rent control legislation

Moosejaw Today 31 Jul 2025
The Warman MLA said instituting rent controls would restrict additional construction and renovation of rental units based on market forces, and a rent control legislation would not be acceptable to landlords.
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Rent control supporters say new housing production is not enough to address housing crisis

The Berkshire Eagle 29 Jul 2025
Hundreds of tenants from across Massachusetts descended on Beacon Hill Tuesday to show their support for rent stabilization legislation, which proponents see as a crucial tool to tackle the housing affordability crisis ....
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State agency rejects Stony Run request to be exempt from rent control

Daily Freeman 22 Jul 2025
The rent stabilization law exempts charities from rent regulation ... In March, Mayor Steve Noble and housing activists said the Stony Run apartment complex was slowly getting out of rent control rules under the state Emergency Tenant Protection Act.
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St. Paul: Ashland Ave. tenants see 28%-50% rent hikes despite rent control

Pioneer Press 18 Jul 2025
The three attorneys from the Housing Justice Center — Poradek, Emily Curran and Abbie Hanson — noted that exceptions to the city’s rent control ordinance are only supposed to kick in ...
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Judge holds off ruling in lawsuit targeting Tacoma’s rent control measure

Sunnyside Daily Sun 16 Jul 2025
(The Center Square) – No ruling has been made regarding a lawsuit against the city of Tacoma, Wash., for its voter-approved tenants’ rights law after a motion hearing on Monday afternoon ....
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Attleboro mobile home residents renew push for rent control board

The Sun Chronicle 16 Jul 2025
ATTLEBORO -- For many seniors on fixed incomes and Social Security, mobile home parks are the most affordable housing option. But with large corporations buying out some of these parks and increasing rents for the land, many older adults say ... .
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