Commentary: With unaffordable rent linked to higher mortality rates and increased homelessness, Americans need immediate help.

Proponents tried to frame the registry as a simple data collection tool. But in California, rent registries don’t exist in a ...

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 ...

Sign up for Work in Progress, a newsletter about work, technology, and how to solve some of America’s biggest problems. Unsurprisingly, then, economists and policy ...

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 ...

On Nov. 12, Los Angeles passed reforms to their rent control program, sharply curbing the amount that property owners are allowed to raise rents annually. Some have framed this as a victory for ...

Governor Maura Healey and others think that rent stabilization will slow construction of new homes (“Healey opposes rent control, warns it could halt housing,” Metro, Dec. 24, 2025). That’s not our ...

Nikhil Datta receives, or has received funding from the Nuffield Foundation, British Academy, Leverhulme Trust and the Economic and Social Research Council. Jan David Bakker has received funding from ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — As talks about rent stabilization continue at Providence City Hall, some city councilors remain undecided about the ordinance, which proposes capping annual rent increases at ...

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 ...

Emmanuel Hovey Kporsu cautioned landlords against breaking into abandoned properties, but to follow lawful procedures He explained the “abscondant process,” which required landlords to report cases ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOSTON (SHNS) – Even before it has advanced in the process of getting on the November 2026 ballot, real estate interests last week ...