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Opinion: Chelsea Is Becoming a Landlord and a Land Bank, and It Has Exempted Itself From Every Rule It Writes for Everyone Else

September 17, 2026

The council raised the cost of owning rental housing by 8 percent, then filed orders about landlords raising rents. Both cannot be…

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  • Opinion: Chelsea Is Becoming a Landlord and a Land Bank, and It Has Exempted Itself From Every Rule It Writes for Everyone Else
  • Chelsea Cut Public Speaking Time From Four Minutes to Three in the Year Residents Most Wanted to Speak
  • Chelsea Bought a Six-Unit Building for $2 Million and Became a Landlord. The Rents Are Meant to Buy the Next One
  • Chelsea Put $200,000 Into a Bronze Statue and Zeroed Out a Homeowner’s $44,374 Preservation Grant
  • Chelsea Zoned for 15-Story Buildings on the Revere Line to Replace 198 Public Housing Units
  • A Chelsea Community Center Would Cost Between $45 Million and $63 Million. The City Has No Plan to Pay for It
  • Chelsea Owed Eversource $48,407 in Bills Some of Which Had Been Unpaid for Over a Decade
  • Chelsea’s Trash Fee Is Up 8 Percent and the Water Bill Is Up $26. If You Own the Home You Live In, the Trash Increase Is Zero
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