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The Effects of Rent Control Expansion on Tenants, Landlords, and Inequality: Evidence from San Francisco

By Rebecca Diamond, Timothy James McQuade, Franklin Qian

January 2018

 

The Stanford economists found that San Francisco rent control ultimately drove up rents since the policy was enacted in 1995. Moreover, the study found that the rental housing supply decreased by 15%, further exacerbating the housing shortage there.

 

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