By Matt Stout | The Boston Globe | December 23, 2025
Governor Maura Healey on Tuesday said she would vote against a proposal to establish rent control statewide in Massachusetts should it reach the ballot next year, arguing the initiative would stanch housing production in the state.
Healey has been publicly wary of rent control in the past. But this week she directly positioned herself against the latest effort to bring it back, arguing that rent control is “not going to be the solution” to the state’s housing crisis.
“I will tell you that investors in housing have already pulled out of Massachusetts because they’re concerned about rent control,” Healey said during her monthly “Boston Public Radio” appearance. “I don’t want to see housing production stopped. We need to have housing production move forward.”
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