Lots of things are in economics textbooks that are not neccesarily worth the paper they are written on. Here's an article on the German method of rent control

Lots of things are in economics textbooks that are not neccesarily worth the paper they are written on. Here's an article on the German method of rent control in the Financial Times, 'German rent control works for both landlords and tenants' - https://www.ft.com/content/efe1f74c-3c1d-11e9-9988-28303f70fcff https://www.ft.com/content/efe1f74c-3c1d-11e9-9988-28303f70f... Also, social housing is not the same as rent control. Around 20% of the housing stock in Denmark is social housing - https://urbanlifecopenhagen.weebly.com/housing.html https://urbanlifecopenhagen.weebly.com/housing.html