The government already heavily skews the market by telling land/house owners they may not build on the land they own. Often it's landlords behind this as this k

The government already heavily skews the market by telling land/house owners they may not build on the land they own. Often it's landlords behind this as this keeps supply low, but there are plenty of landlords who would love to invest into new constructions but can't because of the captured government's monopoly on violence. The result can hardly be called a free market. Personally I don't think that restricting rents is a good solution to the problem though. Just allow more construction of affordable housing to happen.