The rent is too damn high: how renters’ rights could be key issue in US midterms

‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local ballots

With housing costs for working-class families steadily climbing across the US while billionaire fortunes soar to all-time highs, renters’ rights are becoming a defining policy in the upcoming midterm elections, tenant rights organizers say.

In Massachusetts – where Boston consistently lands in the top five US cities for priciest rents – a proposed ballot question this November could overturn the state’s three-decade ban on rent control and cap annual increases at 5%, thanks to a coalition of three dozen housing, faith and labor groups.

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13 thoughts on “The rent is too damn high: how renters’ rights could be key issue in US midterms

  1. On one hand ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local. But at the same time ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local.

  2. The detail about ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local is something people should sit with.

  3. Think about it: ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local. That speaks volumes.

  4. The bigger issue here is ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local. That changes the calculation.

  5. When you look at ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local, the implications are hard to ignore.

  6. What stands out is ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local. That is the part worth paying attention to.

  7. ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local. Meanwhile ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local.

  8. Reading that ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local — hard to argue with the logic there.

  9. So the bottom line is ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local. Wonder how this will land.

  10. Considering ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local, it raises some real questions about what happens next.

  11. If ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.

  12. Basically ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.

  13. The fact that ‘Renter’ has become an identity for candidates to run on and housing affordability will be on local really puts things into perspective.

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