A new look at an issue that frequently divides voter and experts.

We need to build more housing, and we need to ensure that the people who call Worcester home can afford to remain here.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that a rent control ballot question cannot appear on this November's ballot.

Economists don’t need any more evidence that rent control is bad and new housing is good. But they’ll take it. The latest example comes from Minnesota, where the Twin Cities gifted us with a natural ...

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 ...

Nevada’s legislative Democrats have flirted with rent control as a means of addressing high housing costs. But their proposals have, thankfully, lacked sufficient support. Perhaps they should consider ...

In a short article I wrote, “Rent Control is Not the Answer,” I outlined some of the deleterious effects of rent control policies using standard economics tools. To be clear, by the term “rent control ...

If voters approve Proposition 33, it would allow cities to put rent caps on properties and units that they currently cannot cap, including newer apartment buildings, single family houses and vacant ...

Rent control reduces the value of rental housing, discourages investment, and shrinks the tax base. When that happens, homeowners are left to pick up the tab.