Rent in Boston isn't cheap, and it isn't getting any cheaper with rents on the rise. As of March 2024, the median rent price in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area is $3,939.50, according to a report ...

The Boston area's history of passing and then repealing rent control has produced a wealth of research on its real-world effects. Mayor Michelle Wu's new proposal to re-regulate rents could create the ...

Governor Maura Healey on Tuesday said that rent control is "not going to be the solution" to the state’s housing crisis.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu defended a proposal to cap annual rent increases Monday in the face of a new lawsuit from a landlord advocacy group seeking more information about its origins and an ...

Small property owners are only a few missed bank checks away from losing their businesses, said rent control opponent Amir ...

Massachusetts’ most popular city is said to be one of the most expensive places to rent in the country. Boston has the fourth-highest rent for a one-bedroom apartment in the U.S., according to ...

Nearly 300 people tuned into a virtual listening session Tuesday night for the city of Boston’s new rent stabilization committee, launching public debate on a controversial policy that has been banned ...

Lawmakers considering peeling back a statewide ban on rent control are slated to hear from supporters pressing for action on the “urgently needed tenant protections” and opponents who say any kind of ...

Massachusetts hasn’t had rent control since 1994, but with a broad coalition of support during a legislative hearing Tuesday, lawmakers are optimistic they’ll be able to bring it back. “What was ...