Rent Control

Rent regulation is a system of laws, administered by a court or a public authority, which aims to ensure the affordability of housing and tenancies on the rental market for dwellings. Generally, a system of rent regulation involves: Price controls, limits on the rent that a landlord may charge, typically called rent control or rent stabilization Eviction controls: codified standards by which a landlord may terminate a tenancy:1 :1 obligations on the landlord or tenant regarding adequate maintenance of the property a system of oversight and enforcement by an independent regulator and OmbudsmanThe loose term "rent control" covers a spectrum …

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UKHLS: Understanding Society · 19 April 2024 English

Like I say, we took a broad view of the importance of housing to health and the roles that it might play, but private renting came out as having the …

happen more widely, so things like longer tenancy agreements, removing no fault evictions, potentially even things like rent controls because we acknowledge it’s one thing to remove no-fault evictions, but if rents can increase in an unlimited manner


New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center · 12 April 2024 English

The mission of the CCRC is to create and support the use of impartial and actionable science to advance government, public, private, community-led, and nongovernmental sector efforts to adapt to, …

stability. Examples include local hiring mandates, rent control and other renter protections, inclusionary housing


SMF: Social Market Foundation · 10 April 2024 English

In the late 1860s Liverpool Corporation developed the first purpose built council housing in the country.11 In the 1890 the Housing of the Working Classes Act gave local London councils …

of tenants, whilst keeping an eye on how the rent control measures enacted in Scotland and Ireland impact


World Bank Group · 4 April 2024 English

Rent laws The old Rent Law (Law 25/1941) is a rent control law introduced in 1941. It follows the French corresponding market rate. The implications of the rent-control laws have been severe, especially for the most


Cato Institute · 1 April 2024 English

As we argue in a chapter on rent control for the forthcoming War on Prices, such policies are misguided and ultimately counterproductive. While well- intentioned, rent control fails to achieve its primary

The War on Prices Continues: Biden's Misguided Rent Control Cap | Cato at Liberty Blog https://www.cato org/blog/war-prices-continues-bidens-misguided-rent-control-cap 1/3 BLOG APRIL 1, 2024 11:50AM The War on on Prices Continues: Biden’s Misguided Rent Control Cap By Jeffrey Miron and Pedro Aldighieri The Biden The War on Prices Continues: Biden's Misguided Rent Control Cap | Cato at Liberty Blog https://www.cato s-bidens-misguided-rent-control-cap 2/3 As we argue in a chapter on rent control for the forthcoming


JLF: John Locke Foundation · 27 March 2024 English

Sure, the boat may continue to move forward, and indeed it may increase its speed if the force of the new engine is greater than the drag of the an- …

Outdated zoning, rent controls, and other regulations are preventing people in high-demand urban set- tings from providing


IFS: Institute for Free Speech · 27 March 2024 English

The freedom of association protected in the First Amendment is just as central to the scheme of American liberty as is the freedom of speech and of the press. [...] …

.................... 2, 14 Citizens Against Rent Control v. Berkley, 454 U.S. 290 (1981) ........... well as political expression.” Citizens Against Rent Control v. Berkley, 454 U.S. 290, 295 (1981) (internal


UN-Habitat: UN Human Settlements Programme · 26 March 2024 English

Urban Regeneration and Viruses: Learning from Past and Present Health Crises 1 v Urban Regeneration and Viruses Learning from Past and Present Health Crises Disclaimer The designations employed and the …

redesign of public transportation eviction freeze; rent control; increase in HOUSING ACCESS incrreeadsees iignn AFFORDABLE eviction freeze; rent control; increase in eviction freeze; rent control; increase in HOUSING ACCESS


RSE: Royal Society of Edinburgh · 20 March 2024 English

Overall, the RSE supports the introduction of a Heat in Buildings Bill and appreciates the accessibility of the proposals outlined in the consultation. [...] Additionally, the RSE is concerned with …

risks To minimise this risk, the Scottish Government may feeding public cynicism and detachment, and need to implement rent controls. hampering progress. 43.


The D.C. Policy Center · 18 March 2024 English

The opportunity of being able to adjust rents (with support from the tenants), when it is necessary to update amenities and services in a building, keeps investors interested in rent-controlled building

increase that is greater than what is allowed under rent control laws, in return for agreed-upon improvements


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