House Speaker Ron Mariano on Monday pointed to voter disapproval of rent control in 1994, but poll results released Tuesday morning highlight support for the proposal in 2025.
The Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll released Tuesday showed 62.6% of Massachusetts residents support a ballot question that would cap annual rent increases in most rental units to no more than 5% across the state. Nearly 31% of respondents opposed the measure and the rest were undecided.
Homes for All Massachusetts last week said it collected more than 124,000 raw signatures, exceeding the 74,574 needed to continue along the road to the 2026 ballot. The group also said they did not use paid signature gatherers, unlike most of the campaigns that reported clearing the signature requirement…