Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey (D) has announced that she opposes a state referendum which would limit rent increases to no more than 5% per year.

This is a Democratic governor in one of the bluest, most liberal states in the nation. A state where housing costs have soared. Massachusetts is consistently one of the three most expensive states in the nation for housing, and has been for a long time. It's also facing the full impact of inflation.

Yet the political establishment opposes even as mild a rent control as the current referendum proposes. This after they quietly killed off a similar referendum last time.

This is a bit personal for me. My landlord has doubled my rent over the last 10 years. So tell me again, liberals, about fighting to reform the system and make it more representative of working-class people?

I could use a laugh.

https://www.masslive.com/politics/2025/12/mass-gov-healey-im-a-no-on-rent-control-ballot-initiative-for-2026.html

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