Anyone who’s ever taken Microeconomics 101 knows that rent control is a terrible idea. By keeping the price of housing artificially low, rent controls reduce the supply of available housing by ...

Housing affordability is a real concern, but Washington lawmakers are proposing a deeply flawed solution: rent control. While Argentina reaps the benefits of repealing its disastrous rent control law, ...

As real estate groups line up to fight the rent control initiative on the Massachusetts ballot this fall, a new economic report shows what may be at stake. An economic analysis conducted by the Tufts ...

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 ...

Angela, left, no last name given, and Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin, right, of Firelands Workers United, write a note to Rep. Adam Burnbaum, D-Port Angeles, while advocating for lawmakers to adjust and pass ...

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 ...

New York City offers a stark example of the problems created by rent control. The city’s framework, which allows tenants unilaterally to bequeath their rent-controlled apartments, has gutted landlords ...

Rent control lies at the center of New York City’s mayoral race. Frontrunner Zohran Mamdani and his supporters want to freeze rents to combat surging housing costs; other mayoral candidates have ...

Escalating a divisive battle between housing advocates and the powerful real estate industry, the tenant coalition Homes for All Massachusetts said it will launch a campaign Wednesday to put a measure ...

Rents all over the country are too darn high – and thanks to the New York City mayoral campaign, discussions about how to control them are back in the national attention. Housing is at the heart of ...