In response to the filing of a 2026 statewide ballot question that seeks to reintroduce government imposed rent control in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance issued the following statement warning of its destructive consequences for renters, property owners, and future housing development.

As the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures, and State Assets hears Governor Maura Healey’s housing bond bill, which includes a tax increase in the form of a local option transfer tax on home sales over a million dollars, the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance criticized the proposal as counterproductive.