Over the course of the 20th century, governments have frequently used rent control to keep rents affordable, especially … in times of crisis when housing is scarce. Existing research shows that rent control has undesirable side effects, such … has been little research examining the effect of rent control on economic inequality. Income inequality has been rising …

"Rent Pressure Zone" (RPZ) framework introduced in late 2016. It also considers how these measures have worked in Ireland in … the period from their inception until prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 when the maximum allowable rent …

A common aim of rent control is to assist low-income households. We test the income-distributional effects of rent … control with a novel dataset that includes characteristics of those who received rent-controlled apartments between 2011 and …. To quantify the rent subsidy, we estimate hypothetical market rents by the owner-occupied market as a point of deviation …

Rent-control advocates argue that its strongest feature is offering tenants strong protections from economic … displacement. Nonetheless, rent control may have negative effects on tenants, as previous research has shown that these tenants … is no longer optimal. I study what happens to tenants when they are displaced from their rent-controlled apartments by …