Supporters of the proposed ballot initiative that would limit annual rent increases to no more than 5% gathered near the State House on Tuesday before turning in signatures to qualify the measure for the 2026 statewide ballot.

From the Lynn Daily Item: The Keep Massachusetts Home rent control ballot campaign has exceeded its signature goal, qualifying the modern rent stabilization initiative for the November 2026 statewide ballot.

From Boston 25 News: A new campaign is pushing for a proposed ballot question that would limit annual rent increases across the state and they’ve got thousands of signatures to back them. The campaign is spearheaded by Homes For All Massachusetts, and it aims for a predictable and reasonable rent increase per year.

From the Taunton Daily Gazette: The “Keep Massachusetts Home” ballot campaign announced Nov. 18 that they had gathered over 124,000 signatures, much more than the 74,574 signatures required to be filed with state election officials. It's a major step towards going before voters next November.

From CBS News Boston: It looks like Massachusetts voters will get to weigh in on rent control in 2026. Supporters say they have more than enough signatures to put the issue on next year's ballot. Housing affordability is a concern for many families in the state, but not everyone is in favor of the plan.

From the Boston Globe: The campaign — “Keep Massachusetts Home” — said it has collected more than 124,000 signatures over the last few months, well over the number required to be submitted to state elections officials next month. Ballot initiative campaigns must submit at least 74,574 signatures from registered voters by Dec. 3. Then the initiative will go to the Legislature, and if lawmakers don’t act on it by May, an additional 12,429 signatures are due by July 1, 2026, to officially put it on next November’s ballot.

The proposed ballot initiative that would limit annual rent increases to no more than 5% hit a major milestone today on its way to the November 2026 statewide ballot. And it’s the result of a massive grassroots effort that produced signatures from every county in the state.

From the Dorchester Reporter: Four Boston city councillors Wednesday endorsed a rent control measure that supporters hope to get on the 2026 Massachusetts ballot. Councillors Henry Santana, Julia Mejia, Liz Breadon and Enrique Pepén stood beside community members outside City Hall Plaza on Wednesday morning speaking about the pressures of rent increases in Boston.

From The Daily Free Press: As Boston students continue to grapple with skyrocketing rents, local housing nonprofit Fenway Forward is pushing to get a rent control measure on the statewide ballot for 2026. 

From the Boston Globe: “In their high-stakes push to put rent control on the Massachusetts ballot next year, housing advocates know they face an uphill battle... But now rent control backers have some powerful allies too: Several of the state’s most politically powerful labor unions.”

From the Dorchester Reporter: Volunteers from Dorchester are gathering signatures at grocery stores, MBTA stops, and community centers in an effort to get a rent-control measure on the 2026 Massachusetts ballot that, if approved, would limit rent increases for most residential units to five percent a year, or the annual rise in the Consumer Price Index, whichever is lower.

Labor unions representing more than 270,000 Massachusetts workers are endorsing the Keep Massachusetts Home campaign to stabilize rents in Massachusetts by limiting annual rent increases to no more than 5%, in a strong show of support from working families across the state for the modern rent stabilization ballot initiative.

From The Shoestring: “New efforts have taken aim at specific local landlords, like Smith College, and at state law itself.”

Members of the broad coalition will gather outside City Halls and grocery stores, at community festivals and parades, and in parks and public squares across the state to begin collecting more than 74,574 signatures this fall to place the modern rent stabilization ballot initiative on the 2026 ballot.

Housing advocates will begin collecting signatures to place statewide protections against excessive rent hikes on 2026 ballot

A broad coalition of grassroots housing organizations will collect signatures this fall to place a statewide rent stabilization ballot initiative on the 2026 ballot, giving voters the opportunity to limit annual rent increases in Massachusetts to no more than 5%.

Hundreds of tenants, local officials, union workers and leaders, homeowners, landlords, clergy members, and housing and public health experts rally and testify at legislative hearing on Local Option Rent Stabilization Bill