Look at this from another perspective. Being a landlord is great. You sign a piece of paper making you the owner of a property. Then other people do actual work

Look at this from another perspective. Being a landlord is great. You sign a piece of paper making you the owner of a property. Then other people do actual work and pay you just for having your name on that piece of paper. If we lived in a perfect (or even just a "better") society, this would be fine. But the problem is that we live in a society with different classes. If your parents owned a home or two, you probably will as well. If your parents didn't, you probably won't either. In reality, "rent" is just another way to keep the rich rich and the poor poor. Rent Control is an attempt to mitigate the damage. Personally, I think it's a terrible band-aid that exists because we aren't willing to face the real issues at hand.