Rep. Mike Connolly, a Cambridge Democrat, has filed a ballot question that would grant cities and towns a range of new “tenant protection” options, including the ability to impose rent control, which voters banned statewide via a 1994 ballot question.“This afternoon, acting in my personal capacity as a renter, I filed a petition with 15 residents of Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston to preserve the option of a 2024 ballot question relative to lifting the ban on rent control and enabling local tenant protections. More to come!” Connolly, who has a similar but broader bill (H.1304) pending before the Housing Committee, tweeted Wednesday afternoon.
Source: Rent Control Ballot Question in the Offing for ’24 – Banker & Tradesman
