Mastodawn

New York needs to remove bottom feeders
By providing nuts with real assistance
Not the criminalizing stigmatizers
But something to give a better chance
#HeadlinePoem
#RentControl
#MentalHealth
#CloseRikers
https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/02/05/homeless-man-accused-in-stuy-town-rape-bashed-girls-head-was-found-hiding-in-closet-upstate-officials/

Zack Polanski 2d ago

RT: @eyeonlondon_ Green Party leader Zack Polanski says renters are trapped in an overinflated market and need urgent relief, with rent control tailored to local areas.

https://shorturl.at/ZZ4kq

Follow EyeOnLondon for more.

#housinguk #costofliving #rentcontrol

Michael McKee Jan 26

Rent control debate in Montgomery County is ongoing @ggwash
https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/01/26/survey-apartment-firms-avoiding-jurisdictions-with-rent-control/

#maryland #montgomerycounty #rentcontrol #politics #DMV #housing

Survey: Apartment Firms Avoiding Jurisdictions with Rent Control - Montgomery Perspective

By Adam Pagnucco. A new survey by the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) has found that an overwhelming majority of apartment firm CEOs say they...

Montgomery Perspective

The Christian Science Monitor Jan 6

New York City and other urban centers are hoping rent control rules will ease the housing crunch. But deeper solutions – including building millions more homes – will not be easy. #housing #RentControl #NewYork

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0106/rent-control-housing-mamdani?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into The American Story @the-american-story-csmonitor

Housing crisis puts rent control in spotlight, in New York and beyond

New York City and other urban centers are hoping rent control rules will ease the housing crunch. But deeper solutions – including building millions more homes – will not be easy.

The Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor Jan 6

Housing crisis puts rent control in spotlight, in New York and beyond

New York City and other urban centers are hoping rent control rules will ease the housing crunch. But deeper solutions – including building millions more homes – will not be easy.

The Christian Science Monitor

CBC Saskatchewan Jan 2

Carla Beck pushed for change in 2025. Does she think it worked?
The leader of Saskatchewan’s Opposition NDP is proud her party brought forward legislation on health care, rent control and wildfire response this year. But did it move the needle at all? Today, we feature CBC provincial affairs reporter Alexander Quon’s year-end interview with provincial NDP Leader Carla Beck.
To list...
#politics #legislation #healthcare #rentcontrol #Saskatchewan
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7021296?cmp=rss

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Kevin Karhan

Dec 25

@Stegosaur yes and no.

Most #NIMBYs just want to #RentSeek and keep their #neighbourhood segregated, and #AffordableHousing removes #classist (and thus mostly #racist) #segregation!

And those that don't want #RentControl are the moneyed that have parked their wealth in #RealEstate and expect the #tennants to foot the bill for their "#investment"…

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Quasit Dec 24

There doesn't seem to be a single story on this topic which allows reader comment. It's not getting much coverage at all, as far as I can see. So I just wrote to the author of the story on WGBH:

"Perhaps your story would be more informative if it included some idea of whether the Governor or any of her friends and family members own rental properties, or have financial interests which rent properties in Massachusetts. The same for state legislators and other highly-placed officials. It would also be very helpful to know much the Governor and legislators have received over the years from landlords, large and small - both individually, and from any landlord organizations.

I hope to see an update or follow-up piece with that information."

https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2025-12-23/healey-on-ballot-questions-yes-for-public-records-no-on-rent-control

#RentControl #Corruption #Politics

Healey on ballot questions: ‘yes’ for public records, ‘no’ on rent control

The governor says she's already seeing housing investors pull out of Massachusetts.

GBH

Quasit Dec 24

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey (D) has announced that she opposes a state referendum which would limit rent increases to no more than 5% per year.

This is a Democratic governor in one of the bluest, most liberal states in the nation. A state where housing costs have *soared*. Massachusetts is consistently one of the three most expensive states in the nation for housing, and has been for a long time.

And the political establishment opposes even as mild a rent control as the current referendum proposes. This after they quietly killed off a similar referendum last time.

This is a bit personal for me. My landlord has doubled my rent over the last 10 years. So tell me again, liberals, about fighting to reform the system and make it more representative of working-class people?

I could use a laugh.

https://www.masslive.com/politics/2025/12/mass-gov-healey-im-a-no-on-rent-control-ballot-initiative-for-2026.html

#RentControl
#Massachusetts
#Housing