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!

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[living life happier (from livejournal.com)]

Thanks everyone. This isn't the news I wanted to hear, but it's what I expected. Oh well. If you have any tips for negotiating with landlords, though, I'd love to hear them!

[smoterh.livejournal.com]

The real estate prices alone have gone up 11% in 1 year alone in somerville. 7% is actually a very modest increase. http://www.zillow.com/somerville-ma/home-values/

[daviscubed.livejournal.com]

Zillow does provide rent prices about 2/3 down that link, but it's seems to be a pretty volatile market.

Arbitrary endpoints:
Feb 2013-Feb 2014: $2286->$2352, a 2.9% increase
Nov 2011-Nov 2013: $2030->$2411, an 18.8% increase