[aljg]

Of course it's a universal right. I don't think there's an idealogical gap between us on that front.

The other side of the "or" is a particularly egregious example of the excluded middle (separate from the missing middle housing shortage). The idealogical gap, if anything, seems to stem from willingness to believe that supply and demand affect housing affordability. I believe they do. The "regulations making housing artificially scarce" are exactly those inhibiting supply.

To that point and your question---of course landlords will always raise rent to the extent that the law allows it and the market will bear it.