Rule library

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  "team_rule_id": "r-faf046",
  "jurisdiction": "MA",
  "level": "state",
  "category": "rent_increase_limits",
  "status": "failed",
  "title": "Massachusetts rent control ballot question (struck from November 2026 ballot)",
  "requirement": "A proposed statewide ballot question to limit annual rent increases in Massachusetts was ruled unable to go on the November 2026 ballot by the Supreme Judicial Court, so it will not take effect.",
  "key_value": "limits annual rent increases (specific cap not stated)",
  "penalty": null,
  "requirement_es": "El Tribunal Supremo Judicial dictaminó que una propuesta de votación estatal para limitar los aumentos anuales de alquiler en Massachusetts no puede incluirse en la boleta de noviembre de 2026, por lo que no entrará en vigor.",
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  "exemptions": "Exempts several types of units, including those \"operated solely for … religious … purposes.\"",
  "overrides": [],
  "interaction": "Proponents hinted at a possible 2028 petition; a compromise bill was not passed by the legislature before July 1.",
  "effective_date": null,
  "citation": "Massachusetts 2026 rent control initiative petition (Supreme Judicial Court ruling, June 23, 2026)",
  "source_doc_id": "S059",
  "source_url": "https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/06/23/massachusetts-high-court-rent-control-ballot-question-struck",
  "quoted_span": "The state’s Supreme Judicial Court ruled a ballot question seeking to bring rent control back to Massachusetts cannot go forward this November, because it includes a religious exemption.",
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    "doc_id": "S059",
    "url": "https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/06/23/massachusetts-high-court-rent-control-ballot-question-struck",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-04",
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