Only sort of. Rent control's been phased out quite a bit over the decades and since the financial collapse, market rents are below the rent control caps all ov

Only sort of. Rent control's been phased out quite a bit over the decades and since the financial collapse, market rents are below the rent control caps all over the city. I'm currently in a rent-controlled apt, not paying full rent because the rent-controlled maximum drifted above what the market would bear. In 2008, you'd definitely have been right.