For or against rent control?
Your landlord raises your rent by 15%.
- Strict rent control and building public housing
- Curb abusive increases and build more
- Leave the market free and build on a large scale
What's at stake: Everyone sees rents rising. They differ on the main cause: a shortage of housing, or the balance of power between landlords and tenants.
The left's argument
Housing isn't a good like any other. Rent control protects tenants.
The centre's argument
Limit abusive increases in the short term, and build more to fix the root problem.
The right's argument
Rent control discourages landlords from renting and maintaining. We need to build.
And you, where do you stand?
Answer 30 situations like this one and find out where you stand, topic by topic.