An increasing number of states and municipalities have implemented some form of rent control in an attempt to rein in the steadily increasing cost of rental housing across their communities. These ...

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 ...

Rent control doesn't achieve its stated purpose, lower rents for people with less money. But it can also destroy the housing sector and make things much worse, There is no pixie dust in rental housing ...

“Why do bad ideas return — even those that have been roundly rejected?” That’s the question a friend asked me when he heard about an effort to bring rent control back in Massachusetts. In 1994, ...

There’s a simple reality getting lost in the conversation around rent control in Pennsylvania: it doesn’t protect affordability. It reduces it over time. This isn’t theoretical. Extensive studies show ...

Miles Howard, based in Boston, is a regular contributor to Globe Ideas and the founder of the Walking City Trails. If you’re a renter in Boston, then either you’ve experienced or know someone who has ...

The organizers of a ballot initiative that would establish rent control statewide in Massachusetts said Tuesday that they have gathered enough signatures to take a major step toward putting the ...

Oct. 4—Time appears to have run out on efforts to reinstate some form of rent control in Massachusetts this year. There's little hope that legislation to cap rents can get approved before Dec. 31, the ...

Redwood City voters will decide in November whether to adopt rent control and expanded tenant protections through Measure E. Supporters say the measure would provide relief for renters facing rising ...