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Bills affecting Renter in Massachusetts (2026 session)
CivicRadar surfaces 30 active Massachusetts bills this session that affect renter constituents directly. Your rep needs to hear from you before the vote.
Top 20 bills, ranked
Ranked by how strongly each bill matches the renter community, weighted by stage, recency, advocacy-org consensus, and sponsor support.
- 01MA · H1477In committee
Enabling local options for tenant protections
- 02MA · H5554On floor
Providing for tenant representation on the Great Barrington Housing Authority board
- 03MA · H5456On floor
Amending Chapter 305 of the Acts of 2016 relative to the year-round market rate rental housing trust fund in the town of Provincetown
- 04MA · H3909On floor
Authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions
- 05MA · H4762In committee
Establishing a commission to study housing affordability and density reform
- 06MA · S2828In committee
Relative to manufactured housing communities
- 07MA · S984On floor
To further regulate tenant fees in rental housing
- 08MA · H1544On floor
To guarantee a tenant’s first right of refusal
- 09MA · H4311On floor
Further regulating the Year-round Market Rate Rental Housing Trust Fund in the town of Provincetown
- 10MA · H1510On floor
Relative to provide tenant ownership in government assisted housing
- 11MA · H5222On floor
Relative to preventing algorithmic rent fixing in the rental housing market
- 12MA · H1565On floor
Providing for pre-service training for members of mobile home rent control boards
- 13MA · H3545On floor
Relative to energy conservation
- 14MA · H5301On floor
To regulate junk fees in rental housing and advance housing production
- 15MA · S960On floor
Authorizing the town of Brookline to implement rent stabilization and tenant eviction protections
- 16MA · S2983On floor
Prohibiting algorithmic rent setting
- 17MA · H1553Introduced
To regulate junk fees in rental housing
- 18MA · H1557Introduced
Creating an office of tenant protections
- 19MA · H1814Introduced
To create the office of the tenant advocate in the Office of the Attorney General
- 20MA · H4099Introduced
To prohibit landlords and brokers from requiring broker's commissions to be paid by a tenant or prospective tenant
- What renter bills are moving in Massachusetts in 2026?
- CivicRadar currently tracks 30 Massachusetts bills this session that affect renter constituents including Enabling local options for tenant protections; Providing for tenant representation on the Great Barrington Housing Authority board; Amending Chapter 305 of the Acts of 2016 relative to the year-round market rate rental housing trust fund in the town of Provincetown.
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- Enter your ZIP code on the CivicRadar home page. CivicRadar looks up your state and federal representatives automatically, and every bill page includes a tool to email or call them directly.
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- How does CivicRadar decide which bills affect renter people?
- CivicRadar matches bill text, sponsor signals, and advocacy-organization positions against a curated set of identity keywords, then ranks by legislative stage and recency. See the Methodology page for the full breakdown.
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