Rent raise limits?

[living life happier]

My landlord is raising my rent more than 7% for the next year. Is there any state or city limit on the amount a landlord can raise the rent? I'm in Davis Square. Thanks for any help you can give!

Comments

[somerfriend.livejournal.com]

By the way Cambridge voted against rent control in the early 2000s.

[ron_newman]

Was this the city council or the voters?

(Either way, I'm not sure what the point would have been as long as the state law from the 1994 referendum remained in effect.)

[somerfriend.livejournal.com]

The voters. And yes even it had passed it wasn't expected to go anywhere due.