In the March 7 letter “How to make housing affordable,” the president of the National Multifamily Housing Council, a powerful lobbying group for corporate landlords, failed to reckon with studies that ...

One of the Biden administration’s most consequential housing policies is one practically nobody is talking about. It hasn’t been mentioned on the campaign trail, on social media, or by the White House ...

America’s housing crisis is devastating tens of millions of middle- and working-class tenants. They can't afford unfair, ...

No matter how one labels the arbitrary control of the amount of rent a property owner may charge a tenant for their property, it has ignited a pitched battle rife with misunderstandings. Somehow, the ...

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 ...

“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, ...

For the third time in six years, California voters will decide in November whether to grant cities and counties more power to regulate rents. Proposition 33 would repeal a 1995 law that curbs locals’ ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — To address the housing crisis and corporate greed, Pres. Joe Biden proposed capping annual rent increases at 5%. It would apply only to corporate landlords with more than 49 ...

Escalating a divisive battle between housing advocates and the powerful real estate industry, the tenant coalition Homes for All Massachusetts said it will launch a campaign Wednesday to put a measure ...

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 ...

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.