[Capricorn2481]

That's a pretty generous interpretation that requires you to believe rent control and building housing are diametrically opposed to each other.

[hunterpayne]

rent control dramatically decreases the incentives to build and in many cases makes it impossible (read uneconomic) to do so

[aiisjustanif]

Blanket statements like this is the point of many of the above replies, it’s not a true statement with evidence. All rent control does not reduce the number of rentals, “more restrictive rent control”[1] [2] does. These nuances are important in the conversation.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105113772...

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4904928