‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local ballotsWith housing costs for working-class families steadily climbing across the US while billionaire fortunes soar...
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With housing costs for working-class families steadily climbing across the US while billionaire fortunes soar to all-time highs, renters’ rights are becoming a defining policy in the upcoming midterm elections, tenant rights organizers say.
In Massachusetts – where Boston consistently lands in the top five US cities for priciest rents – a proposed ballot question this November could overturn the state’s three-decade ban on rent control and cap annual increases at 5%, thanks to a coalition of three dozen housing, faith and labor groups.
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‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local ballotsWith housing costs for working-class families steadily climbing across the US while billionaire fortunes soar...
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