Rent control supporters flooded the Massachusetts State House on Tuesday, hoping to revive it more than 25 years after the state's voters killed it.
Supporters filled hearing rooms A-1 and A-2 to their 230-person capacity and also gathered in the Great Hall and outside. They dominated testimony before the Joint Committee on Housing of the state Legislature, which is considering bills that would once again allow cities and towns to implement government controls on how much rent a property owner can charge to a residential tenant.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is noncommittal on bringing rent control back to the state's largest city, but he supports a bill that would allow local communities to implement it.
