An effort to put a question about enacting statewide rent control on the ballot next fall is gaining momentum, but criticism came this week from a seemingly unlikely source: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu .

Wu has been a driving force behind other rent control initiatives, and continues to be adamant that rising housing costs are a dire problem in need of immediate attention. But the proposed ballot measure being pushed by tenants’ rights groups may be too much of a one-size-fits-all solution for Wu, she said during a radio interview Wednesday.

If enacted, the ballot measure would tie annual rent hikes across the state to cost of living increases, with a hard annual cap of 5%. Owner-occupied buildings with four or fewer units and newly constructed buildings during their first 10 years of e

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