It probably won’t make a difference, but maybe some Massachusetts voters can be swayed to vote against rent control next year after learning what happened in St. Paul, Minnesota after it passed strict rent control measures in 2022 and then what happened in sister city Minneapolis, right across the river, after it passed land-use reforms to boost housing construction. The latter –- Minneapolis — saw a building boom and lower rents while the former saw housing construction plummet and rents stuck at elevated levels, according to the WSJ.

Unfortunately, I still think that the Massachusetts rent control measure, assuming it gets on the statewide ballot, will pass next year. But here’s some good news for the pessimistic among us: St. Paul has recently walked back some of its extremist restrictions after seeing what happened across the Mississippi in Minneapolis, the WSJ reports. Maybe that’s a Plan C to keep in mind in Massachusetts.