MSimm :
History suggests rent freezes don’t magically make housing cheaper. They usually shift the cost somewhere else.
If landlords know they can’t adjust rent to match taxes, insurance, maintenance, inflation, or future risk, many will price that uncertainty in upfront, convert units, delay repairs, or leave them off the rental market entirely. That sets up two predictable problems: fewer available apartments and higher rents for people who aren’t already protected by the policy.
That doesn’t mean every rent-control policy causes instant disaster, but the long-term pattern is real. San Francisco’s rent-control expansion, for example, helped some existing tenants stay put, but it also reduced rental housing supply and pushed up market rents.
So yes, hopefully you’re already in a lease, because policies like this often protect current tenants at the expense of future renters.
2026-06-28 10:04:59