The Science of Rent Control Is Already Settled
Jan. 29, 2023 1:07 p.m. ET A home for rent in Philadelphia, June 22, 2022. Photo: Matt Rourke/Associated Press Your editorial “Nationwide Rent Control?” (Jan. 23) notes, “If there’s any consensus in economics, it’s that rent control achieves the opposite of its intended goal.” That’s true. In a 1992 poll, 93% of economists said rent …