In an ideal world you'd run the experiment and see how it goes. In the real world you'll probably be stuck with it regardless of the outcome, because there will

In an ideal world you'd run the experiment and see how it goes. In the real world you'll probably be stuck with it regardless of the outcome, because there will be a concentrated group who will be strongly against ending it, whereas the negative consequences will be diffuse. That rent control is bad is not exactly a new finding. This has been known to economists across the political spectrum for decades.