As she tried to hold onto her seat representing one of Illinois’ most progressive districts on Chicago’s northwest side, Sen. Natalie Toro vowed to fight to lift the state’s ban on rent control. It ...

Plenty of consequential races are on the California ballot this year, but voters will also consider a fundamental change to the state’s longstanding rent control policy. The measure that could set ...

Efforts to lift the state’s ban on rent control in the Illinois General Assembly have stalled for now, as bills introduced fail to gain traction. The push to fund a $20 million state affordable ...

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 ...

It seems like year-after-year, attempts are made to reform or repeal California’s rent control regulations, namely the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (Civ. Code §§ 1954.50 et seq.) (Costa-Hawkins ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Rhode Island lawmaker is pushing a bill that would bring rent control to Providence, a controversial topic that’s been proposed before but never implemented in the state.

A sign advertising a vacant apartment in Newburgh, New York, which opted into rent control in December 2023. Newburgh's rent control law was ultimately struck down in court. A new survey by the City ...

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this podcast episode said that nothing would change immediately if Prop 33 passes. In fact, several communities have laws that would immediately go into effect.

Should cities and counties be allowed to impose strict rent caps on all types of housing? That’s the question Proposition 33 will ask California voters when mail-in ballots go out in early October.

On the day he launched his mayoral campaign, Josh Kraft went on the offensive, assailing Mayor Michelle Wu over her record on bike lanes and housing construction. That was no surprise. But one avenue ...

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter takes a look at the bad idea in housing policy that never seems to die: rent control. In Massachusetts, housing ...