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The Washington Post editorial board took a hard-line stance against rent control policies, arguing that "capping prices is a textbook policy failure" that ultimately leaves renters "worse off" than ...

Rent control policies are a hot topic in Colorado, as evidenced by the state legislature’s draft release of the first rent control bill before the 2026 legislative session even began. This and other ...

Apartment buildings along Broadway. Nearly a million apartments in New York City are rent-stabilized and another 22,000 are under more stringent rent control. At this moment in New York City, nearly a ...

A proposed Illinois bill, the “Let the People Lift the Ban Act," SB2884, would let local voters approve rent control, drawing ...

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 ...

A business-backed group in Providence released a report warning against a proposed rent control ordinance. The report argues that rent control laws in other cities have reduced housing supply and new ...

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 ...

The tenant advocate group behind the proposal, Homes For All Massachusetts, announced Tuesday afternoon that it had collected more than 124,000 signatures for a statewide ballot initiative that would ...

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