The city of Elizabeth, New Jersey, recently capped rent increases to 3 percent. The previous cap limited rent increases to
Category: Housing
The Resurgence of Rent Control
In recent years, voters and politicians have increasingly embraced rent control in response to rising housing costs. The resurgence of
A Denial of Responsibility
In early December, Maxwell Frost tweeted that he had been denied an apartment in Washington, DC, because of “really bad
The Forgotten Victims of the Lockdowns
Since early in the pandemic, we have heard countless stories of the hardships faced by renters due to the lockdowns.
Another Folly in Austin
In 2018, Austin adopted a “preference policy” to sell homes to families displaced by gentrification. Six months ago, the city
A Very Dangerous Precedent
In my previous post, I wrote about a ruling by the rent-guidelines board in Kingston New, York. That ruling reduced
The Trump Card of Altruism
Last summer, the city of Kingston, New York established rent control in the city. On November 9, the rent -guidelines
Investors are Leery of St. Paul
As previously noted on this blog, construction of new housing in St. Paul has been greatly reduced compared to the