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Pulos backs Brookline home-rule rent stabilization and federal investment in housing
Summary
Jason Pulos told Brookline voters he supports the town's home-rule petition for rent stabilization, federal investment in public-affordable housing and measures to curb private-equity purchases and algorithmic rent-setting.
Housing emerged as a major theme in the interview as Pulos described differences from his opponent on rent and supply.
Pulos said he supports Brookline's home-rule petition to permit local rent stabilization and argued federal tools could complement local action, including direct investment in publicly financed housing. "We can protect renters in terms of rent control," he said, and also build supply through federal investment. He proposed tying housing and transportation aid to zoning reform to discourage exclusionary local zoning and said the federal government should act to limit private-equity firms buying up single-family homes and ban algorithmic rental-price-setting tools.
Pulos pointed to international examples such as Vienna’s large publicly financed housing system to argue supply and tenant protections can coexist.
