The campaign behind a proposed 2026 ballot measure to establish rent control across Massachusetts says it has cleared the highest signature-gathering hurdle in the initiative petition process, submitting what organizers describe as a "surplus" of voter support ahead of Wednesday’s local filing deadline.

Two years ago, the signature-gathering requirement derailed an effort to place a local option rent control question on the 2024 ballot. Rent control supporters were bullish about their accomplishment Tuesday.

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Homes for All Massachusetts, the coalition driving the latest "Keep Massachusetts Home" initiative, reported Tuesday that it collected more than 124,000 raw signatures — well above the 74,574 certified signatur

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