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 ...
Rent control negatively impacts tax revenue by reducing property values and incentivizing conversions to lower-taxed properties like condos. Studies show rent control in other cities has led to ...
Rents all over the country are too darn high – and thanks to the New York City mayoral campaign, discussions about how to control them are back in the national attention. Housing is at the heart of ...
“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, ...
The Rent Control Department is set to introduce standardized tenancy agreement by November 2026 to protect tenants from ...
How do you make housing affordable in a state that desperately needs it? One tempting solution is to pass a law that caps ...
An upward-only rent review ban on commercial property, which has been shoehorned into a devolution bill, will have massive ...
As New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani can no longer call on the Rent Guidelines Board to “freeze the rent.” But his comrade, ...
Progressive Manhattan state Sen. Liz Krueger backs rent control for rich co-op owners. Hans Pennink Two progressive Manhattan state lawmakers are back to pushing “rent control for the rich” to benefit ...
Ag Commissioner Frederick Opoku criticised Vikings Hostel management for evading a meeting over high accommodation fees, amid ...