Rooted in Community,
Resisting Displacement.

In Boston and across Massachusetts, housing is becoming one of the most urgent battlegrounds for justice. Working-class immigrant, refugee, and BIPOC communities are being pushed out of neighborhoods they call home through sky-high rents, evictions, and speculative real estate development.

At AARW, we understand that housing justice is immigrant justice, and we organize to defend the right of our communities to remain rooted, safe, and dignified.

Our Coalition Partners

AARW Rent Control

Keep Massachusetts Home

In deep partnership with the Homes for All MA Coalition, AARW is organizing to put rent stabilization on the 2026 statewide ballot, limiting how much rent can increase each year to protect tenants from exploitation and displacement.

We aim to collect 85,000+ signatures by November 18, 2025 to qualify for the ballot initiative.

AARW is mobilizing members, volunteers, and community leaders across Boston neighborhoods as part of our Rent Control Campaign Team (RCCT) to canvass, collect signatures, host trainings, and build awareness.

This campaign is rooted in the conviction that stable housing is fundamental to community power and the dignity of working families. We believe that rent control is a tool to shift power away from corporate real-estate interests and back to the people most affected by displacement.

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Dorchester Not for Sale

DOT Not 4 Sale is a coalition of Dorchester residents and organizations worried about our community’s future. We are tenants, homeowners, and small landlords who live, work, and play in Dorchester. We come from all walks of life and include Vietnamese, Cape Verdean Creole, Spanish, and English voices of the community.

As a grassroots organization based in Dorchester, DOT Not 4 Sale includes the following groups: Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW), New England Community Project, Mass Affordable Housing Alliance, Greater Bowdoin Geneva Neighborhood Association, City Life / Vida Urbana, Dorchester People for Peace.

How You Can Join the Fight