Exactly. There are few positions that most working economists share, but a disdain for rent control is one of them. It seems to make sense, but creates perverse

Exactly. There are few positions that most working economists share, but a disdain for rent control is one of them. It seems to make sense, but creates perverse incentives that lead to urban blight, a shortage of new housing, etc. As Walter E. Williams said in 1987: "Short of aerial saturation bombing, rent control might be one of the most effective means of destroying a city."