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 ...

Amid surging rental costs, Zohran Mamdani has introduced the issue of rent control in the New York City mayor's race, ...

Indiana is fine with putting price controls on health care, power, water and sewage costs. Why not apply that same logic to ...

The formula that determines how much landlords can increase rents in most Los Angeles apartments hasn’t been updated in 40 years. After long delays, City Council members began discussions this week to ...

Today, the Boston Globe published my article (paywall-free version here) on why rent control is a terrible approach to addressing the housing crisis. Massachusetts should instead ban exclusionary ...

The conversation around affordable housing has taken on new urgency as rental costs continue to strain household budgets across major metropolitan areas. The Biden Administration’s proposal to cap ...

Rent control negatively impacts housing affordability long-term, increases gentrification, and creates negative externalities. A majority of economists agree that rent control reduces the quality and ...

The stakes: The new effort at reform has the potential to significantly lower the yearly increases paid by most tenants in a city where housing affordability has long been a top concern.

As Nevada legislators tackle crucial state issues during the 2025 legislative session, we can’t help but reflect on the words of John F. Kennedy, who said: “Let us not seek the Republican answer or ...

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 ...