The Washington Post editorial board took a hard-line stance against rent control policies, arguing that "capping prices is a textbook policy failure" that ultimately leaves renters "worse off" than ...
Sure enough, an Urban Planning Aid study found that, during the three years after rent control began, investment in new ...
Apartment buildings along Broadway. Nearly a million apartments in New York City are rent-stabilized and another 22,000 are under more stringent rent control. At this moment in New York City, nearly a ...
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On Nov. 12, Los Angeles passed reforms to their rent control program, sharply curbing the amount that property owners are allowed to raise rents annually. Some have framed this as a victory for ...
The cost of housing is a perennial political issue. Many see rent control as a way to guarantee affordable housing, especially in areas with rapidly rising rents. They view rent controls as providing ...
Nikhil Datta receives, or has received funding from the Nuffield Foundation, British Academy, Leverhulme Trust and the Economic and Social Research Council. Jan David Bakker has received funding from ...