There is lots of research going the other way too. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264275115001122 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science

There is lots of research going the other way too. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264275115001122 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02642... Forty years of rent control: Reexamining New Jersey’s moderate local policies after the great recession. The short of it is moderate rent control doesn't positively or negatively impact aggregate prices, but it prevents displacement in the short term.