Original article by Sergio Martinez As 2026 looms, it brings with it an anniversary worth noticing: eighty years since Milton Friedman and George Stigler published Roofs or Ceilings?, the very first pamphlet of the newly founded Foundation… RENT CONTROL: The zombie idea that never dies.
Original article by Howard Husock Here’s a version of American free enterprise with which you may not be familiar. It’s one in which the owner of a business is free to choose between two options: operate at… Memo to Mamdani: To Improve Housing Affordability, Rein In Rent Control
Original Article featured in the OC Register “When your money is taken by a thief, you get nothing in return. When your money is taken through taxes to support needless bureaucrats, precisely the same situation… Never forget the great Henry Hazlitt
Original article by Mark Miller This Thanksgiving, millions of Americans will gather around tables filled with food, but millions of others will have no table at all. Homelessness has surged in many major American cities, even… Cure homelessness with more housing, not more subsidies
Original article by Jerry Agar Rent control is promoted as a fix for rising housing costs, but decades of data show it creates shortages, discourages new construction and hurts renters and small landlords. Sowell explains that… Who Rent Control Really Helps–Politicians, Not Renter
Original article published on Fox Business The Agency founder argues policy provides short-term relief but doesn’t solve housing crisis The Agency founder and CEO Mauricio Umansky joins ‘Varney & Co.’ to warn that California’s rent… Celebrity realtor Mauricio Umansky slams Los Angeles mayor over ‘tremendous mistake’ on rent control
Original article by Ethan Blevins. Economist Thomas Sowell once quipped, “The first lesson of economics is scarcity” and “the first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.” With California’s recent flirtation… The Hill: California lawmakers haven’t learned their lesson on rent control
Analysis hints at a policy conundrum lawmakers face as they consider changes to rules expiring June 15. Original article by Josh Barbanel. The biggest beneficiaries of rent regulation in New York aren’t low-income tenants across… Wealthy, Older Tenants in Manhattan Get Biggest Boost From Rent Regulations
Original article by Walter E. Block. Demand curves slope in a downward direction. This means that the higher the price, the less of an item, or good, or service, will be sought. The more road… How Rent Control Actually Hurts Both Tenants and Landlords
A collapse in new development activity followed St. Paul voters’ approval of a strict, vaguely written rent control ordinance. City and state officials are scrambling over how best to fix the new law. Original article… America’s Most Controversial Rent Control Law Is Getting a Hasty Makeover