Bringing Supply and Demand Together

Rent controls promote housing discrimination.

• Rent controls promote housing discrimination.
• With rent controls, there are likely to be many families wanting to rent a controlled apartment, some desirable and some undesirable, as seen by the landlord, because the rent is at a below-equilibrium price.

The landlord can indulge in his “taste” for discrimination in favor of “desirable” renters without any additional financial loss beyond that required by the controls.

• The landlord can indulge in his “taste” for discrimination in favor of “desirable” renters without any additional financial loss beyond that required by the controls.