Skip to main content

The National Fight for Rent Control

Oksana Mironova Protean
Rent control is back from the dead with a vengeance, with serious organizing campaigns underway in at least 15 states.

Imagine a Renters’ Utopia. It Might Look Like Vienna.

Francesca Mari; Photographs by Luca Locatelli New York Times
Soaring real estate markets have created a worldwide housing crisis. What can we learn from a city that has largely avoided it? The difference is Vienna prioritizes subsidizing construction, while the U.S. prioritizes subsidizing people with vouchers

Academic Heavyweights to Naysayers: Rent Control Works

Patrick Range McDonald Housing is a Human Right
“While other proposed remedies to the housing crisis may take years before they impact housing costs, only expanding rent control can offer immediate relief to millions of people in danger of being forced from their homes.”

Friday Nite Videos | January 14, 2022

Portside
Trump Hangs Up on NPR. David Byrne's American Utopia. Michigan AG Refers Fake Electors to Feds. The Landlord’s Worst Nightmare Could Protect Millions of New Yorkers. Jordan Klepper Runs Into Matt Gaetz.
Subscribe to Rent Control