Thomas Sowell on rent control https://youtu.be/dnj2WRIG11U https://youtu.be/dnj2WRIG11U Edit: and more from Stanford https://www.brookings.edu/research/what-

Thomas Sowell on rent control https://youtu.be/dnj2WRIG11U https://youtu.be/dnj2WRIG11U Edit: and more from Stanford https://www.brookings.edu/research/what-does-economic-evidence-tell-us-about-the-effects-of-rent-control/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/what-does-economic-eviden... . Taking all of these points together, it appears rent control has actually contributed to the gentrification of San Francisco, the exact opposite of the policy’s intended goal. Indeed, by simultaneously bringing in higher income residents and preventing displacement of minorities, rent control has contributed to widening income inequality of the city.