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Speaker 1: Housing development and rent control. The two issues are economically

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Speaker 1: and politically intertwined. Next November, Massachusetts voters may be asked

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Speaker 1: to approve a referendum petition to impose rent controls statewide.

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Speaker 1: Governor Moory Healey opposes the petition, saying she fears putting

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Speaker 1: a cap on rents with stifle housing production. Boston Mayor

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Speaker 1: Michelle wou says she's still weighing the pros and cons.

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Speaker 2: You do need a combination of building more housing, as

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Speaker 2: much housing as you can, making that faster, making it

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Speaker 2: more affordable, and protecting the people who are in the

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Speaker 2: homes now. And I believe very strongly in that whole

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Speaker 2: approach that includes all of those parts to it, and

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Speaker 2: this may end up being the only way to have

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Speaker 2: some board momentum on one of those important parts.

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Speaker 1: Rent control has stalled in Massachusetts for decades, facing stiff

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Speaker 1: opposition from the real estate industry. Mike Macklin WBZ, Boston's

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Speaker 1: news radio