Research & Policy
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The Untold Threat of the GBREB
An anti-rent control study commissioned by a powerful landlord lobbying organization reflects the priorities of deep-pocketed real estate interests.
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The Gap
The Gap report shows that millions of renters, including many in Western Massachusetts, face a severe shortage of affordable housing due to market failures and underfunded public programs. This crisis underscores the importance of organizations like the ETU, which help tenants organize collectively to defend housing stability and push for systemic change.
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After the Rent Freeze
New York City rent freeze analysis explores RGB authority, rent-stabilized apartments, landlord debt, mortgage burdens, and housing affordability. ETU highlights how rent regulation, public ownership models, and financial restructuring shape tenant protections and the future of affordable housing.
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Are YIMBYs winning the housing wars?
Washington Post explores the YIMBY vs. supply skeptic housing debate, questioning whether deregulation and increased housing supply lower prices. ETU spotlights arguments for vouchers, public policy solutions, and income inequality as central to solving the housing affordability crisis.
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Our Homes, Our Future
PolicyLink’s Our Homes, Our Future outlines a national rent control strategy to stabilize 31.5 million renter households, advance racial and economic justice, and curb corporate profiteering. ETU highlights this housing justice toolkit supporting tenant organizing, policy reform, and rent stabilization campaigns nationwide.
