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Rent Control is How the Rich Outbid Less-Affluent People for Valuable Land

September 12, 2022 By Salim Furth

Several homes in my neighborhood have sold recently, each more expensive than the last. The priciest was a lovely home that drew $1.65 million at the peak of this spring's market.Takoma Park is a great place to live. It's also the only jurisdiction in the region that has rent control.As a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: rent control, Uncategorized, Urban[ism] Legends Tagged With: Maryland, rent control

New and Noteworthy: Randy Shaw’s Generation Priced Out

November 20, 2018 By Michael Lewyn

In Generation Priced Out, housing activist Randy Shaw writes a book about the rent crisis for non-experts.  Shaw's point of view is that of a left-wing YIMBY: that is, he favors allowing lots of new market-rate housing, but also favors a variety of less market-oriented policies to prevent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Review, housing, Michael Lewyn, NIMBYism, rent control Tagged With: PHIMBY, randy shaw

Rent Control Makes It Harder to Vote with Your Feet

November 16, 2018 By Gary Galles

One advantage of a federal system is enabling people ill-treated by one government body to “vote with their feet” toward less abusive jurisdictions. That escape valve is one rationale for reserving some political policy determination for state rather than national government, or to local rather than … [Read more...]

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Rent Control Again

May 24, 2017 By Michael Lewyn

A blog post in Pacific Standard seeks to defend rent control- an idea that, as the author admits, is generally detested by economists.The author writes that "rent regulations give tenants a greater stake in their community and incentivize them to put time, energy, and even money into their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gentrification, Michael Lewyn, rent control Tagged With: gentrificiation, rent control

The Sheer Craziness Of New York City’s Rent Stabilization Mandates

January 30, 2017 By Michael Lewyn

Recently, I met someone who was trapped in a terrible apartment.  Why "trapped"?  For months (if not years) she had been in an adversarial relationship with both her landlord and her neighbors, but she can't quite bring herself to leave.  Why not?First, she is in a rent-stabilized apartment, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, rent control

The Psychological Consequences Of Rent Control

November 15, 2016 By Sandy Ikeda

The University of Chicago Press has published a “definitive” edition of F. A. Hayek’s The Constitution of Liberty under the editorial guidance of long-time Hayek scholar Ronald Hamowy. Given my interest in urban issues, it’s a good time for me to focus on chapter 22, “Housing and Town Planning.” It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author: Sandy Ikeda, Economics, housing, rent control

Rent Control Is Bad For Both Landlords And Tenants

April 2, 2016 By Caleb Malik

When laypeople hear the phrase “rent control”, they typically conjure up one of a few images. Tenants imagine easy street, a world where housing is ridiculously low cost. Maybe they think of rent control in NYC, where they saw the characters from Friends live in large apartments for far below market … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, housing, rent control Tagged With: housing, Phoenix, rent control, Richmond California, San Diego, seattle

Rent Control: A No-Win

March 15, 2016 By Michael Lewyn

In an otherwise excellent article on NIMBYism and luxury housing, affordable housing consultant Rick Jacobus writes: “economist Anthony Downs reviewed the published studies and found that while 'stringent' rent control imposed over a very long time had reduced private apartment construction in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, housing, rent control Tagged With: rent control

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