Rent controls can help to make housing more affordable in cities like New York. But they must be part of a broader solution to the housing crisis that involves increasing density and building more ...

What do 90% of economists, the Brookings Institution, renowned left-leaning economist Paul Krugman and this Wilmington Councilmember have in common? We all think rent control is a bad idea. In a 2018 ...

The rent is too damn high. But rent control is not the solution. The idea is back in the spotlight in the Bay State, thanks to advocacy group Homes for All Massachusetts proposing a ballot question ...

“Why do bad ideas return — even those that have been roundly rejected?” That’s the question a friend asked me when he heard about an effort to bring rent control back in Massachusetts. In 1994, ...

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 ...