Bear in mind that rent control, like all other government-enforced programs, suffers from unintended consequences. It provides disincentives to maintain proper

Bear in mind that rent control, like all other government-enforced programs, suffers from unintended consequences. It provides disincentives to maintain properties, disincentives to build more properties, and may therefore result in far fewer housing options for the area affected. Just like fiat money expansion measures, only those at the beginning of the effect benefit, most others suffer the consequences. Edit: Sources https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-01-18/yup-rent-control-does-more-harm-than-good https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-01-18/yup-re... https://realestateinvestingtoday.com/how-rent-control-reduces-the-affordable-supply/ https://realestateinvestingtoday.com/how-rent-control-reduce... https://www.rpbg.org/index.php/rent-control-it-doesn-t-work https://www.rpbg.org/index.php/rent-control-it-doesn-t-work https://www.multifamilynw.org/news/the-high-cost-of-rent-control https://www.multifamilynw.org/news/the-high-cost-of-rent-con...