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

Town officials in Brookline are one step closer to possibly being able to enact rent stabilization for the first time since ...

Rent controls can help to make housing more affordable in cities like New York. But they must be part of a broader solution to the housing crisis that involves increasing density and building more ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Newly constructed units would not be subject to rent control “for a period of 15 years from the date of initial occupancy,” ...

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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 ...