No matter how one labels the arbitrary control of the amount of rent a property owner may charge a tenant for their property, it has ignited a pitched battle rife with misunderstandings. Somehow, the ...

A business-backed group in Providence released a report warning against a proposed rent control ordinance. The report argues ...

It has been suggested that rent control or stabilization might be a way for us to address the urgent problem of a shortage of affordable housing. I believe it would make the problem worse. Although ...

A proposed Illinois bill, the “Let the People Lift the Ban Act," SB2884, would let local voters approve rent control, drawing ...

New York state is the prime example of the problems with rent control laws because the laws have been on the books for eighty years and the housing shortage only gets worse each year, writes ...

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Editor’s note: This is the seventh installment in a series examining the roots of America’s housing crisis. To read the earlier pieces, visit the roots of today’s housing crisis. In the 1960s, the ...

This month, the Los Angeles City Council decided the city’s longstanding rent control policy needed changes. No, they didn’t do the smart thing and decide to eliminate rent control. Instead, they ...

The rent stabilization ordinance, which would exempt thousands of units, drew immediate opposition from the mayor ...

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