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What do Boston, Somerville, Salem and Northampton have in common?
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What do Boston, Somerville, Salem and Northampton have in common?
The city’s antiquated zoning code will receive its first comprehensive update in six decades, following the release of a BPDA-commissioned report that highlighted how today’s regulations hinder residential development.
BOSTON — Moments after his pitch to revive rent control in November 2024 cleared a key procedural hurdle, Rep. Mike Connolly told an elevator crammed with reporters Wednesday that he was "incredibly grateful" to Attorney General Andrea Campbell for certifying the potential ballot question he had filed alongside local officials, tenant advocates and renters.
Despite AG Campbell's certification, an effort to put a rent control question before voters still faces logistical and legal obstacles.
Rent control advocates are left to decide whether the divisive, sure-to-be-expensive fight is one they want to wage right now.