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