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Rent control goes a long way to solving the housing crisis
(canadiandimension.com)
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Anyone who is evidence-based as opposed to ideology based needs only to look at every single jurisdiction where rent controls have been enacted, to become a vociferous opponent to rent controls.
Rent
Controls
Do
Not
Work.
Not over the long term, and definitely not for new tenants.
[citation needed]
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-does-economic-evidence-tell-us-about-the-effects-of-rent-control/
Over the long term, rent control has never seen more positive benefits than negative ones, regardless of city.
https://iea.org.uk/media/rent-controls-do-far-more-harm-than-good-comprehensive-review-finds/
https://financialpost.com/real-estate/rent-controls-hurt-rental-supply
https://capx.co/rent-controls-never-never-work
https://www.economicsobservatory.com/does-rent-control-work
Reality doesn’t give two shits about ideology, it cares only about facts.
Okay, where's the data that the tax cuts proposed do better than rent control?
That paper just takes 3 cities and makes no distinction between different types Of rent control
That paper isn't really that good at saying what it wants to.