The neighborhoods that would see the biggest impact from rent control are some of the richest around, including Back Bay, Beacon Hill and Downtown Boston. The vast majority of apartments on Beacon Hill – 92 percent – would be covered by Wu’s proposed 6-10 percent cap on rents, as would more than 91 percent of apartments in the North End and nearly 87 percent in the Back Bay. That’s compared to 37 percent of the apartments in Roxbury, 42 percent in Chinatown, 45 percent in Mattapan and 46 percent in Dorchester, with these neighborhoods having a much higher percentage of public housing or subsidized rentals.
Source: 02.12.2023 – by Scott Van Voorhis – Contrarian Boston
