Overview
- Suffolk University/Boston Globe polling shows 62.6% support for a statewide measure to cap most annual rent increases at 5%, with 31% opposed and a 4.4-point margin of error.
- Homes for All Massachusetts says it gathered more than 124,000 raw signatures for the rent-cap initiative and reports using no paid signature collectors.
- Campaigns that cleared the raw-signature threshold must file certified signatures with Secretary of State William Galvin’s office next Wednesday to advance.
- Attorney General Andrea Campbell certified 44 potential ballot questions this year, and at least 10 campaigns report meeting signature targets, signaling an unusually large 2026 slate.
- House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka voiced concerns about special-interest funding and paid signature operations, as the poll also found 83–84% support for subjecting the governor and Legislature to public-records law and broad backing for an income-tax cut to 4%.