The political left has made housing one of its central political issues—and has used it to win elections, for example, in New York City and Berlin. Left-wing politicians persuade voters that more government regulation, such as rent controls, will improve the housing situation. Yet numerous scientific studies have demonstrated that this is not the case. For example, Konstantin Kholodilin of the Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1051137724000020?via%3Dihub analyzed more than 200 studies on rent control and concluded that rent controls have numerous negative side effects that can outweigh their intended benefits.
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