Rent Control Advocacy

Rent Control Advocacy in Boston​

For thirty years, profit-seeking corporate investors have taken advantage of an outdated ban on local rent
control, spiking housing costs and making it impossible for many of us to stay in our homes and
communities. Currently there is nothing stopping your landlord from raising your rent as much as they
want – renters across the city routinely deal with rent increases as high as $800 per month! Many
Bostonians and city officials would love to enact a modern rent control policy to help keep tenants in their
homes, but Massachusetts has a statewide ban that makes this impossible.​

However, this ban can be overturned at the Massachusetts State House or by Massachusetts voters. We
can come together and enact common-sense, modern rent control that would immediately increase
housing stability for hundreds of thousands of residents and advance racial and economic justice.
Fenway CDC is part of a statewide coalition fighting for a bill that would protect tenants from sudden,
drastic rent increases while still encouraging development and ensuring that landlords receive fair
returns–click here for more information about the rent control bill we support.​

Boston’s affordability crisis and displacement of longtime residents, working families, and young
professionals will continue unless we act now to re-enact rent control. See below for how to get involved
in this fight!​

Get Involved​

Join us in our fight for rent control! Click on the flyer below to share your story about renting in Boston as part of our push for legislators and decisionmakers to support this vital policy.​

Interested in getting involved in other ways? ​

Fenway CDC’s Organizing Committee meets monthly to organize around rent control and other housing and neighborhood campaigns and is open to all. Sign up here (check “Community Organizing”) to get information about our meetings and other opportunities to show up for housing justice.​

Fenway Community Development Corporation is an affordable housing developer and nonprofit organization pushing for housing policy to increase affordable housing and reduce displacement – learn more here. Contact Leo Ruiz Sanchez at 857-302-0523 or lruizsanchez@fenwaycdc.org with any questions or if you’d like to continue the conversation and learn more about this campaign.