Day: February 2, 2026

There’s a lot of noise out there right now about a proposed statewide rent control initiative in Massachusetts. If you’ve seen text message forwards, social posts, or neighborhood chatter that this is already law, pause right there. That’s not true. But this proposal is real, and it has serious implications for long-term housing markets across our state. What’s often missing from the conversation is straight talk about what is actually causing housing instability and what this proposal w...