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Rent Controls

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  1. 1 What are rent controls?
    1. 1.1 Definition:  
    2. 1.2 Wider definition

What are rent controls?

Definition:  

Rent control refers to laws or ordinances that set price controls on the renting of residential housing. It functions as a price ceiling.

Wider definition

  • Is mandatory provision of some services a form of rent control?


Messenger
In a market economy, prices, including rents, are just messengers of scarcity.

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