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Rent control improves housing affordability for tenants.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that rent control improves housing affordability for tenants?

Unclear. The retrieved items offer only partial and indirect coverage: an encyclopedia entry notes economists' consensus that rent control reduces housing quality and quantity, and a Catalonia study reports supply contraction and worsened access for vulnerable tenants, while a San Francisco study finds increased evictions. None directly measures whether rent control improves affordability for tenants.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 0 sources for, 3 against · Last checked

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Evidence against · 3
Rent control
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Rent control. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_control

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The rent control paradox: a quasi-experimental evaluation of Spain’s Housing Law 12/2023 in Catalonia (2023–2025)
2026
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LLanes, G. I., García-López, M., Ares, A. C., & Hernández, F. P. (2026). The rent control paradox: a quasi-experimental evaluation of Spain’s Housing Law 12/2023 in Catalonia (2023–2025). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhma-03-2026-0073

Rational Eviction: How Landlords Use Evictions in Response to Rent Control
2025
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Geddes, E. & Holz, N. (2025). Rational Eviction: How Landlords Use Evictions in Response to Rent Control. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4131396

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