To Call Allston Home

Feb 25, 2026 | Housing

Article on The Crimson’s website: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/4/allston-transience-scrutiny/ Repost from The Crimson, April 4 2025, title image credits to Joanna Lin.

The Fall and Rise of Massachusetts Rent Control

Feb 17, 2026 | Housing, Labor, Working Mass

Triple-decker apartments in Brighton. (Working Mass) By: Kelly Regan BOSTON, MA – “Uprooting members of a community degrades the public sphere,” observed Ben Greer, a Boston DSA member in multi-family residential architecture who works on affordable housing projects,...

Why Mayor Wu’s Rent Control Proposal is Lacking

Feb 22, 2023 | Electoral, Housing, PEWG blog

Boston City Hall Photo by Naquib Hossain on Flickr On Feb. 21st Boston DSA emailed out the following call to action to Boston residents encouraging them to give public testimony on how the Mayor’s rent control proposal is in need of serious changes Tomorrow,...

January 2023 Newsletter: Housing

Jan 18, 2023 | Housing

Global real estate is valued at $217 trillion and makes up more than 60% of the world’s capital, 75% of which is in housing. As exploitable natural resources dwindle, curtailing commodity production, the ruling class has re-oriented towards rentier capitalism. In this...

October Newsletter Update

Oct 3, 2022 | Chapter Updates, Housing

The Housing Working Group has continued to work closely with the Greater Boston Tenants Union to help build tenant power across the Boston area. The WG is planning on revamping our Tenant Organizer Trainings and offering at least one to a...