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Rent Control:

Rent Control

Rent Control Laws by State
A state-by-state chart of existing rent control laws.

The High Cost of Rent Control
Joint real estate industry report summarizing the economic and social costs and rent control and outlining the arguments for repealing it wherever it exists. (1996)

MIT/CRE Study on Rent Control and Housing Stock Deterioration
Research examining the impact of rent control on the level of housing maintenance performed and overall housing deterioration. (May 1999)

Rent Regulations’ Pricing Effect in the Uncontrolled Sector
Research that explores the possibility that rent controls may have the perverse effect of increasing rents for tenants in the unregulated sector. (1999)

Rent Control and Housing Investment: Evidence from Deregulation in Cambridge, Massachusetts
MIT study concluding that Cambridge, MA experienced an apartment investment boom after eliminating rent control. (June 2003)

Court Ruling: Applicability of Rent Control After Federal Subsidy
Summary and court decison of Ninth Circuit Decision in TOPA Equities, Ltd. v. City of Los Angeles.