Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Rent control sounds like a win for tenants, but the economic reality is a bit more complicated. 🏠📉

When the government caps rent, it doesn't just lower prices—it kills the incentive to build new housing. Andrew Heaton explains why static supply in a growing city like New York leads to a "subsidy for the dude in a suit" while the people the laws were meant to help are left out in the cold.

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