rent controls
Tenant price protection
Rent controls are government regulations limiting how much landlords can charge for housing or how much they can raise rents.
The policy aims to keep housing affordable, particularly in cities where demand outstrips supply.
Economists debate their effectiveness: Rent controls kept her apartment affordable, but critics say they discourage new construction.
One who rents property
- landlordProperty owner renting out
- leaseTemporary use contract
- evictionForced departure from rental
- security depositRefundable tenant payment upfront
renewal · tenant rights · landlord-tenant · turnover · habitable · maintenance · repair · neglect
Earning below average wages
- cost-of-livingPrice of basic needs
- housing affordabilityCost of obtaining residence
- livabilityResidential quality of place
- accessibilityEase of approach
inclusivity · hardship · economize · gentrification · displacement · priced out · working-class · essential workers
Official enactment of statutes
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- statuteEnacted written rule
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- capCovering for top
ceiling · freeze · exemption · sunset clause · phase-out · rollback · repeal · reform
Organized body of leaseholders
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
NIMBY · YIMBY · fair housing · social housing · public housing · affordable housing
Mandated maximum charge
- supply and demandPrice-determining economic forces
- housing supplyAvailable homes for purchase
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- black marketIllicit trading system
misallocation · disinvestment · new construction · housing stock · vacancy rate · unintended consequences · elasticity
tenant
One who rents property
security deposit · renewal · tenant rights · landlord-tenant · turnover · habitable · maintenance · repair · neglect
low-income
Earning below average wages
- cost-of-livingPrice of basic needs
- housing affordabilityCost of obtaining residence
- livabilityResidential quality of place
accessibility · inclusivity · hardship · economize · gentrification · displacement · priced out · working-class · essential workers · vulnerable populations
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- statuteEnacted written rule
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
cap · ceiling · freeze · exemption · sunset clause · phase-out · rollback · repeal · reform · loophole
tenant union
Organized body of leaseholders
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- organizingSystematically putting in order
lobbying · NIMBY · YIMBY · fair housing · social housing · public housing · affordable housing
price ceiling
Mandated maximum charge
- supply and demandPrice-determining economic forces
- housing supplyAvailable homes for purchase
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
black market · misallocation · disinvestment · new construction · housing stock · vacancy rate · unintended consequences · elasticity
- East German policystate education, state pensions, full employment, planned economy, free healthcare
- emergencies911, ambulance, emergency, emergency room, ER
- state economicsstate ownership, state enterprises, central planning, command economy, state monopolies
rent controlslaissez-faire economics
Minimal state economic involvement
decontrol · supply-side economics · privatization · Reaganomics · Thatcherism
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