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 ...

If owners can’t rent to the highest bidder, they are unlikely to suddenly rent for less to the youngest, most disadvantaged people rent control ostensibly helps ...

“Profit” is such a dirty word to some Americans it makes you wonder if they realize it has made the United States the richest nation in the world. Which brings us to an astonishing rent control saga ...

“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, ...

Across the country, voters approved ballot initiatives that cap rents and impose new restrictions on landlords' ability to ...

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 ...

As homeownership slips further out of reach in America, more people are spending more of their lives as renters. Millennials and Gen Zs are less likely to own homes than older generations did at the ...

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 ...

Once again, St. Paul City Council will likely be assessing proposed changes to the city’s rent control ordinance this fall. But the changes proposed by St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter aren’t going over ...

As Nevada legislators tackle crucial state issues during the 2025 legislative session, we can’t help but reflect on the words of John F. Kennedy, who said: “Let us not seek the Republican answer or ...

A new study backed by the real estate industry found that a proposed ballot question to implement rent control in Massachusetts could lower property values by 14% over a decade, costing homeowners ...

The once sweeping rent control cap that limits rent increases to no more than 3% in a 12-month period passed via 2021 city referendum has already been whittled down by previous city councils that ...