CREDA DC|MD is part of a coalition of real estate organizations opposing Initiative 88, the Rent Control and Housing Eligibility Adjustment Act of 2026, in Washington, D.C. Voter approval of the ballot measure would freeze any rent increase of new and existing privately owned residential rental properties for two years, with additional freezes triggered when the consumer price index exceeds 5% in any 12-month period within the District.

The coalition, known as Housing DC’s Future, supported a lawsuit challenging the legality of the D.C. Board of Elections' decision to place the initiative on the ballot. The Superior Court of the District of Columbia dismissed the lawsuit, but not in time for it to appear on the November ballot. However, the court’s decision allows for the More Affordable DC committee, the primary proponent of the initiative, to place it on a future ballot.

“The Fight Over Rent Control in Massachusetts,” an article in the spring issue of Development magazine by Anastasia Daou, CREDA Massachusetts’s senior vice president of policy and public affairs, outlines similar rent control measures and their inability to solve housing affordability, including the deterrent of additional residential development.