mem_somervilleMike Connolly is interviewed on #WBUR #RadioBoston, on the #RentControl issue and their ballot petition. Sign this petition if it gets in front of you. They need 75k signatures.
#MApoli #SomervilleMA #CambridgeMA #yimby #MikeConnolly #housing
He points us to http://bit.ly/rentcontrol2024
Interview link: https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2023/09/07/mike-connolly-petition-landlords-real-estate-cambridge
Stand with our ballot question campaign to lift the ban on rent control in Massachusetts.
Last month, a group of community leaders in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston came together to file an initiative petition with the Attorney General's Office to lift the statewide ban on rent control. If approved by Massachusetts voters in the November 2024 election, the initiative would repeal the current prohibition on rent control (M.G.L. Ch. 40P) and replace it with the Tenant Protection Act, granting power to municipal officials to implement local tenant protections, including rent control or rent stabilization, just cause eviction protections, condominium conversion protections, and/or regulations on associated fees, including brokers' fees. The Tenant Protection Act does not attempt to force rent control on any community that doesn't want it, and it doesn't try to set the parameters of any particular ordinance. Rather, it is an enabling act, empowering municipal officials to bring everyone to the table to pass tenant protections that make sense on the local level. Small, owner-occupant landlords (3 units or less) would be exempt from any regulation under the Act, as would new housing construction for a period of 15 years (on a rolling basis). Municipalities would also be empowered to craft further exemptions as they deem fit. In short, the Tenant Protection Act will let municipalities decide for themselves if they want rent control, without having to obtain further approval from Beacon Hill. The Committee to Explore Tenant Protection Ballot Question is reaching out to community leaders, activists, and elected officials to join in our effort as we prepare for some big news in the coming weeks. By signing up here, you will be joining the public list of individuals supporting this effort, and you will be invited to participate in future campaign events and discussions. Current supporters include: Mike Connolly, State Representative, Cambridge Jamie Eldridge, State Senator, Marlborough Dannilo A. Sena, State Representative, Acton Ben Ewen-Campen, City Council President, Somerville Quinton Zondervan, City Councilor, Cambridge Kit Collins, City Councilor At-Large, Medford Caroline Bays, City Councilor, Watertown Willie Burnley, Jr., City Councilor At-Large, Somerville Jake Wilson, City Councilor At-Large, Somerville Kristen Strezo, City Councilor At-Large, Somerville Beatriz Gomez Mouakad, City Councilor, Somerville Matt McLaughlin, City Councilor, Somerville Jesse Clingan, City Councilor, Somerville Judy Pineda Neufeld, City Councilor, Somerville Lance Davis, City Councilor, Somerville Dennis Carlone, City Councilor, Cambridge Emily Ackman, Somerville School Committee Sara Dion, Somerville School Committee David Martin, Select Board, Acton Alec Lebovitz, Town Meeting Member, Brookline Mimi Turchinetz, Hyde Park Neighborhood Association Duane Callender, Alliance of Cambridge Tenants Michael Kane, Massachusetts Alliance of HUD Tenants Bill Cavellini, Union Square Neighborhood Council, Somerville James Cordero, Co-Chair, Boston Teachers Union Housing Justice Committee Ellen Valade, Democratic Town Committee Chair, Acton Kimberley Connors, Democratic Town Committee Chair, Maynard Evan MacKay, President; Harvard Graduate Students Union HGSU-UAW Local 5118 David Nollman, Forbes Building Tenant Association Steering Committee Joe Curtatone, former Mayor of Somerville Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, former Cambridge City Councilor Nadeem Mazen, former Cambridge City Councilor Will Mbah, former Somerville City Councilor Greg Jarboe, former Chair of Acton Select Board Jeff Byrnes, Somerville YIMBY co-founder Jeanine M Wood, Democratic Town Committee Chair, Littleton Stella Ko, Indivisible Acton Area Steering Committee Member Edward P. Witham, Jr., Arlington Democratic Town Committee Mat Thall, Mass. Association of Housing Cooperatives Siobhán O'Connor, Fenway Community Development Corporation Dorothy Manevich, Harvard Graduate Student Union, UAW Mass CAP Council Christopher Lorant, Framingham Vernon Walker, Cambridge Jarred Johnson, Somerville Jarred Hicks, Boston Monica Wang, Somerville Carl Offner, Sudbury Sukia Akiba, Cambridge Devon Moos, Somerville Dan Goguen, Arlington Cabell Eames, Belmont David Sloane, Medford Marie Gonsalo, Melrose Lekzi NesSmith, Northampton Margaret Spade-Aguilar, Brewster Reagan Condry, Hudson Jacob Greer, Methuen Yenni Desroches, Worcester and many others! *Organizations, titles, and affiliations are for identification purposes only and do not indicate any organizational endorsement.
Ken Reid