Rent control will cost you. Here's how.
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Your property taxes will go up. When rent caps slash home values, cities and towns must shift the burden onto single-family homeowners. You'll pay more. No question about it.
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Your services will get cut. Fewer tax dollars means fewer teachers, police officers and firefighters. Potholes that don't get filled and parks that don't get maintained. The bill comes due in your neighborhood.
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Your home value will go down. Rent-controlled buildings get neglected — and that decay spreads. Research shows ending rent control in Cambridge boosted nearby property values by $2 billion. Passing it does the opposite
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You'll be the one who can't escape. Renters can move when services decline. Homeowners are locked in. They absorb every dollar of lost value and every cut to the services that make your neighborhood worth living in.
