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Tenancy rent control
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In this article, the authors examined the positive and normative economics of tenancy rent control when introduced into a previously uncontrolled housing market, and showed that the rent control does not generate excess demand but instead induces a different long-run equilibrium in the market.Abstract:
Summary Many jurisdictions around the world now implement a form of rent control in which rents are controlled within tenancies but are free to vary between tenancies. This form of rent control is termed tenancy rent control. This paper examines the positive and normative economics of tenancy rent control when introduced into a previously uncontrolled housing market. Unlike traditional forms of rent control, tenancy rent control does not generate excess demand but instead induces a different long-run equilibrium in the market. Compared with the uncontrolled equilibrium, the tenancy rent control equilibrium entails some distortion but also improves security of tenure. Thus, tenancy rent control may be a reasonable compromise between those who favor extensive government intervention in the housing market and those who favor little if any. The paper does not discuss the effects of introducing tenancy rent control into a tightly controlled housing market such as Sweden’s, beyond noting that doing so would entail partial decontrol. It should however be possible to adapt the paper’s analysis to treat this situation.read more
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