[Gigachad]

Once the rent increases enough, new construction becomes more and more worth while. Artificially depressed rents lead to a slowdown in construction while allowing them to rise uncontrolled keeps construction flowing at a desirable which itself controls rents because its increasing the supply.

[AmericanChopper]

Sure, artificially decreasing supply with pricing controls is a bad idea, but artificially increasing demand with subsidies isn’t the solution to that problem.