The goal of rent control - or more accurately rent stabilization - should be to smooth out fluctuations in rent over time, not to create a class of housing stuc

The goal of rent control - or more accurately rent stabilization - should be to smooth out fluctuations in rent over time, not to create a class of housing stuck below market in perpetuity. Most of what people object to about rent control isn't the attempt to stop families form suffering wild rent increases that can destabilize entire neighborhoods/workforces, but rather to smooth out those increases to give families a proper chance to adapt or move.