Massachusetts Landlords Battle Bill That Would Give Renters First Right Of Refusal On Apartment Sales

The Massachusetts bill is modeled after a law that passed in Washington, D.C., in 1980 that supporters of renter rights, such as the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, credited with preserving more than 1,400 units of affordable housing in the District between 2003 and 2013 at a fraction of the cost of building new units.