Rent control is not on the ballot in Minneapolis this year, but depending on who voters elect as mayor and city council members, it is on the table.

That’s because in 2021, 53% of Minneapolis voters approved an amendment to the city charter giving the City Council the authority to regulate rent — something the council has so far failed to do, stymied in part by a lack of consensus with Mayor Jacob Frey’s administration about how to address the city’s housing woes.

But if state Sen. Omar Fateh, a democratic socialist who has supported rent control policies, wins the mayoral election and maintains a likeminded City Council majority, the governing coalition would have a green light to draw up a rent control ordinance, which would then be put to city voters.

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