That rent control is an ineffective and often counterproductive housing policy is no longer open to serious question. The profound economic and social consequences of government intervention in the nation’s housing marketshave been documented in… The High Cost of Rent Control
Original article by Lanny Ebenstein as seen in the Los Angeles Business Journal. The California state initiative which will appear on this November’s ballot that would prohibit state limitations on local rent control measures is… OpEd: Rent Control Has Poor Implications
Original content by by Dr. Stephen Hickman.
Original article by the Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal. The economic law of supply and demand is simple enough, but Los Angeles is defying it again by tightening its rent control law in… How to Shrink Housing in Los Angeles
Original Article by Dennis Su and Rachel Siegel Proposal Could Lower Manufactured Home Costs, Expand Housing Supply A proposed federal rule change included in the bipartisan Road to Housing Act could cut the cost of… Proposal Could Lower Manufactured Home Costs, Expand Housing Supply
Original article by Ben Nelms After years of elevated real estate prices, mortgage rates, and rents, the housing affordability crisis in the U.S. is more apparent than ever. Policy makers, economic experts, and everyday households… The Role of Manufactured Housing in Addressing the US Housing Crisis
Original article by Jon Fleischman. Rent control promises affordability but delivers scarcity, higher costs, and community decline, deepening California’s housing crisis. 🕒 5-minute read The Housing Trap California families are living through a housing nightmare.… 6 Ways Rent Control Hurts Californians
Editor’s Note: Below are excerpts from a column series on housing written by Jim Burling, vice president at Pacific Legal Foundation, and published across Southern California News Group outlets. Nowhere to Live? No Hiding from… A PLF Series on America’s Housing Srisis, Syndicated by Southern California News Group
Original article by Chris Bruen as seen in the National Multifamily Housing Council. Nearly all economists agree that rent control is a failed policy. In a 1990 survey of economists of the American Economic Association,… Rent Control vs. Rent Stabilization: A New Name for a Failed Concept
