I live in Sweden, which is heavily rent controlled. Let me just say that this hasn't worked out. Rental apartment contracts in larger cities gets sold on the bl

I live in Sweden, which is heavily rent controlled. Let me just say that this hasn't worked out. Rental apartment contracts in larger cities gets sold on the black market for larger sums. Queues are over 10 years in many cities and there is no real way of getting a rental apartment in any larger city. This means people are pushed into buying a housing apartment which cost a lot of money and drives up prices a lot. It's not viable or logical that an apartment in central Stockholm should cost as much as an apartment in a small village in northen Sweden. Norway, Finland and Denmark all have more free market and it's much easier to find a rental in all those countries. I would advice against having rent control.