Tenants’ rights groups and progressive lawmakers are renewing a push to bring rent control back to Massachusetts.
Hundreds of activists in yellow T-shirts lined the marble grand staircase of the State House on Tuesday, holding signs and banners ahead of a key committee hearing.
“This isn’t about tenants versus homeowners versus small landlords. This is about people versus corporate interests,” said Carolyn Chou, executive director of the advocacy group Homes for All. “We’re the people of Massachusetts, and we need to be able to stay in our communities.”…