" > Unfortunately, rent control will have the opposite effect of what Oregon thinks, and only make housing scarcity worse." I couldn't agree more. Proposal: C

" > Unfortunately, rent control will have the opposite effect of what Oregon thinks, and only make housing scarcity worse." I couldn't agree more. Proposal: Current* property owners love new commercial property and HATE new residential units. (This is how you game the system to get prices up). What state governments should be doing is requiring new residential property on all approved new commercial property. This way, if a local city board really wants that new "Panera Bread" - they must approve new housing.