No Balconies or Luxury Toilets: How This City Fought Soaring Rents and Lost
November 20th, 2023
But the measures have largely failed to stop rents—currently rising at a record pace—from nearly doubling in the past 10 years. Instead, the rules have made it harder for newcomers to find affordable housing in Berlin. Now, authorities...
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No, Ottawa, Marxism won’t solve Canada’s rental housing crisis
January 4th, 2023
See this excellent article in the Financial Post here.
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The Redistribution of Wealth Caused by Rent Control
September 27th, 2022
This paper analyses wealth tranfser effects of rent control:
We use the price effects caused by the passage of rent control in St. Paul, Minnesota in 2021, to study the transfer of wealth across income groups. First, we find that rent control...
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NYC: The Government’s Own Numbers Continue to Show How the 2022 Rent Guidelines Board’s Rent Adjustments Are Well Below Skyrocketing Costs
September 22nd, 2022
In this report, Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP), a trade association representing the owners of rent-stabilized buildings, outlines the current financial situation facing rent-stabilized property owners.
"Housing has costs. The...
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Evidence on Rent Control: It's Harmful and Ineffective
September 20th, 2022
Here is an excellent report written by economist Martha Njolomole on the harmful effects of rent control policy in the United States and a brief review of rent control's impact in cities around the world.
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