In a super-expensive rental market, tenant-paid broker fees can add insult to injury. Now officials in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville are pushing to end the unusual practice — and hoping state lawmakers will let them.

Gov. Maura Healey called for the abolition of broker’s fees renters are often forced to pay when signing a lease agreement, as the Boston City Council is set to reintroduce legislation that would shift that responsibility away from tenants.

Renters in Massachusetts are typically required to pay a fee to their landlord’s broker, usually equivalent to a month’s rent, before they can move in. Healey said those should "go away."

Conversations about shifting the burden of commissions are being held at the state and local levels, including in Boston.