Nevada's legislative Democrats have flirted with rent control as a means of addressing high housing costs. But their proposals have, thankfully, lacked sufficient support. Perhaps they should consider ...

High prices aren’t a new phenomenon there. For decades, New York City has tried to make itself more affordable with rent ...

Rent control is killing landlords, who may need a $1 billion rescue.

The devastating effects of rent controls are well-documented, and the policy is even more disproven by basic economics.

Apartment buildings along Broadway. Nearly a million apartments in New York City are rent-stabilized and another 22,000 are under more stringent rent control. At this moment in New York City, nearly a ...

Few policies disgust academic economists quite like rent control. In the 1970s, the Swedish economist Assar Lindbeck famously described it as the “most efficient technique presently known to destroy a ...

There is no free lunch. Someone always pays for it. That’s true of housing as well. Freezing rent for all rent-stabilized tenants, who make up 40% of renters, will have two main consequences. First, ...

The New York State Assembly Housing Committee held a public hearing to examine the Rent Emergency Stabilization for Tenants Act (REST Act), which could make it easier and less expensive for ...

Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. As this Tuesday also happens to be an Election Day, this week's newsletter takes a look at the races and referendums that will have the ...

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 ...