Small Property Owners Association
@SPOA_Mass
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Advocating for sensible housing policy in Massachusetts since 1987.
Joined January 2022
SPOA's November newsletter is out--link below:
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Call to action: Contact Your Elected Officials Today to Support Rent Escrow via House Bill 1883
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Identity fraud is a growing problem in the rental space. Join SPOA VP Amir Shahsavari, attorney Jordana Greenman, and journalist Scott Van Voorhis as they discuss the issue with small property owner Tasso Athanasopoulos, who was the victim of tenant identity fraud.
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Thrilled to have my first piece published in Pirate Wires. I care a lot about Boston's future, and I hope this piece will prompt some much-needed scrutiny of the current administration's policy program, which, if left unchecked, bodes ill not just for Boston itself, but for
NEW IN PIRATE WIRES: Mayor Michelle Wu is running a 100-year-old playbook to choke housing development and fuel crime in Boston, playing to her base while neglecting the broader health of the city. In 2024, Boston’s commercial property sector was struggling. Office occupancy and
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Also, did you know that you can create an ordered thread of your tweets by replying to your own posts rather than making several unconnected replies to Scott's post that display out of order?
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Hi Matt--great to hear from you! We do represent small property owners, we just don't believe your projections for a second here. Did you personally come up with the theory that raising taxes doesn't cause rents to go up?
@sbvanvoorhis @universalhub @jessmachadoshow @CosmoMacero @maggiemulvihill @SPOA_Mass Who does SPOA really represent? Obviously not small landlords who would save an average $1,000 per unit under this proposal.
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🏠 Rent control leads to higher rents 📈, frozen development 🧊, higher taxes 💸, and fewer homes. That’s why a majority of Massachusetts voters reject it. But the Boston DSA and socialist lawmakers are working to force it onto the 2026 ballot anyway.
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Our October newsletter is out--link below:
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Episode 19 of the SPOA Housing Policy Series: Professional Tenants Exposed, Part B. We talk with @RyanNBCBoston, who recently won the Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting for his coverage of professional tenants like the Callahans.
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without looking into this at all I assume the leftist government of Austin, Texas must have implemented some pretty stringent rent control to see these sorts of decreases.
Austin is building the most apartments of any city in the country. Now let’s see what’s happening to rent..
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SPOA's September newsletter is out! Link below:
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Unsurprisingly, many anti-landlord regulations designed to help tenants actually make tenants' lives harder by pushing up rents:
NEW RESEARCH by former professors at Harvard and UC-Berkeley answers the question: How do tenant protections like "just cause eviction," right-to-counsel, and source-of-income impact rents? Answer: They drive up rents -- especially for the lowest-income renters. Findings: 🧵
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Check out our conversation with Will Onuoha, candidate at-large for Boston City Council. We discuss rent control, welfare reform, proposed lease renewal restrictions, and other policy topics.
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Rent control isn’t just failed policy, it may violate the MA Constitution. That's why we're once again opposing this potential ballot question. We’re defending voters’ 1994 decision ✅, protecting property rights 🏠, and urging the AG to reject this costly scheme on taxpayers.
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A typical outcome of rent control--welfare for rich people. @homesforallmass wants to bring this to Massachusetts!
Somewhere last night in New York City, a single mother and her children slept at a homeless shelter because you, assemblyman @ZohranKMamdani are occupying her rent controlled apartment. You grew up rich and married an even wealthier woman. You’ve had weddings on 3 continents.
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Check out SPOA's recent testimony against the proposed rent control legislation:
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