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 ...

The Washington Post editorial board took a hard-line stance against rent control policies, arguing that "capping prices is a textbook policy failure" that ultimately leaves renters "worse off" than ...

Emmanuel Hovey Kporsu cautioned landlords against breaking into abandoned properties, but to follow lawful procedures He explained the “abscondant process,” which required landlords to report cases ...

Nikhil Datta receives, or has received funding from the Nuffield Foundation, British Academy, Leverhulme Trust and the Economic and Social Research Council. Jan David Bakker has received funding from ...

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Editor’s note: This is the seventh installment in a series examining the roots of America’s housing crisis. To read the earlier pieces, visit the roots of today’s housing crisis. In the 1960s, the ...

On Nov. 12, Los Angeles passed reforms to their rent control program, sharply curbing the amount that property owners are allowed to raise rents annually. Some have framed this as a victory for ...

Governor Maura Healey and others think that rent stabilization will slow construction of new homes (“Healey opposes rent control, warns it could halt housing,” Metro, Dec. 24, 2025). That’s not our ...

Los Angeles is one of more than a dozen California cities with rent-control laws, and by no coincidence, is one of the most unaffordable places to live. The City Council recently approved a proposal ...