As New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani can no longer call on the Rent Guidelines Board to “freeze the rent.” But his comrade, Assembly Member Claire Valdez, sure can! “There are things that, as a ...

The Washington Post editorial board took a hard-line stance against rent control policies, arguing that "capping prices is a textbook policy failure" that ultimately leaves renters "worse off" than ...

The law covering New York City’s one million government rent-regulated apartments came under withering fire during a state budget hearing, as Republicans questioned why so many well-to-do Big Apple ...

Landlords urge state lawmakers to offer incentives for capital improvements or allowing greater flexibility for rent ...

ALBANY — In 2019, New York passed a law allowing upstate municipalities to adopt rent stabilization protections that were previously limited to New York City. Housing advocates have welcomed the new ...

While Cuomo has called on the frontrunner “to move out immediately and give your affordable housing back to an unhoused family who need it,” Mamdani appears to have no intention of relinquishing his ...

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 ...