Should the government implement rent control policies to limit the amount landlords can charge for rent?

No. The market should decide. The government should only be policing collusion and other obviously discriminatory practices.

Yes, and it should be made illegal for corporations and private investment companies from owning and renting single family homes.

Not necessarily a law would be required, but incentivizing growth in the state or city to have affordable apartments and not allowing companies to purchase all houses and making them for rent.

I think they should, but it should be in regard with inflation. It should affordable for most Americans within the state of the economy.

yes and have someone have yearly check ups to make sure the rent is fair by the quality the place of living is

Yes, but this needs to be accompanied by policies that incentivize new housing projects, particularly high-density housing.

This problem is more complicated than that. Market forces might correct this problem if we can fix the system

Yes, in more densely populated areas there should be some form of rent control either by limiting the number of homes that can be owned by one party or outright rent control.

Complicated. I think they shouldn't be able to charge crazy high rents but we shouldn't entirely regulate it

Yes, but any rent control legislation must allow for increasing materials and labor costs and a reasonable profit for the landlord.

Yes, and expropriate their excess properties, ban ownership of more than two homes, and develop tenant owned housing cooperatives

I'd rather have the government fund quality and affordable housing in order to compete with and eventually eliminate the need for landlords. This all must serve as a stepping stone towards the de-commodification of housing.

I think they should limit the amount to a certain amount overall but, only do so depending on the state/ area

No. Build government owned rental units and base rent as 30 percent of income. This will drive down private property prices.

They shouldn't be allowed to raise the rent to current tenants and they can't make a tenant leave so they can charge more

I do think rent is out of control right now, but if you add a limit, landlords won't be able to make savings which will only keep the money at that limit. In theory, without a limit eventually the rent will go down, but if that is not reality then a limit must be implaced.

There should be some programs for alot of homeless people who lived their jobs and wasn't able to feed the kids and pets. There should be limts for housing.

yes, but only the state gives the highest amount, and local governments give the more constrictive amounts, ie. lower amounts

This should be based on the rate of fair market value of the surrounding properties, if implemented.

leave it up to the states, as housing is different in every state and town. For example, some college towns have either very poor quality affordable housing or no affordable housing, but this doesn’t impact every state in the same way.

For me I would answer this with a yes and a no. From a tenant's standpoint we probably could benefit from this if the rent control caused the amount of rent to be less than what we are currently paying now. From a landlord's standpoint, it would not be fair because how can anyone tell them what their property may be worth monthly. I'm 50/50 with this question

It is my opinion that the government should implement rent control policies to limit the amount landlords can charge for rent.

Can only at max double the actual bills for the consumer so if the actual bills with taxes are $750 p/mo for 1700 sqft then the rent can only be $1500 after taxes as the absolute max.

step 1: make it illegal for powerful rich corporations from mass buying houses and holding them to raise prices. step 2: incentivize more affordable housing step 3: incentivize the building of more housing

No, the current issues with housing prices is due to a lack of supply. Enact policy that encourages housing development and the market will correct itself.

Landlords should not be able to overcharge tenants Charging according to the growing inflation makes sense but over charging doesn’t is not helpful and makes tenants homeless when they can’t afford it anymore

No, but there should be checks to make sure maintenance and upgrade costs correlate to the increase in rent.

Limit rent increases to the national inflation rate. Seize all housing from private equity firms and redistribute it to the public. Ban public and private speculation on housing.

No, but they should be required to show their tenant exactly how much of their rent amount is going towards the mortgage of the building, upkeep/maintenance, taxes, and other expenses of the building/complex (like paying the office workers) and how much of it they're pocketing.

Yes, it should be regulated by placing a limit on how high it can be and be based off of state income

Yes, as long as the landlord is still able to earn a profit on their properties, cover property maintenance, and are able to easily evict tenants that damage property or are not making rent payments.

Rent control does not create reliably helpful outcomes. This question is too market specific to be at all relevant to ask here.

I think yes because sometimes they charge to much for something that is not worth to being rented for.

I would like for something to be done, preferably a Georgian single land tax, possibly in addition to other measures like the rent caps depending on economic background, maybe?

Yes, and prohibit ownership of over three homes at any one time by any individual or for-profit entity.

Only in areas where rents are inflated, like NY, LA, SF, … if a city has limited space and too many people, the rents have to be controlled

No. Price fixing any product or service only leads to artificial scarcity and disincentivizes private industry from investing in a real solution.

No, but the government should stop collusion between rental companies and incentivize housing development and deregulation of zoning to increase housing availability.

Yes, but depending on the conditions of the place you are rented at there should be a range of price that is fair and not overly excessive.

As long as the limit goes up with the pricing of houses in that area, time period, or value of housing.

If we are in a financial recession, they shouldn't be allowed to charge over a certain amount, but otherwise no.

No, but this is a state / local issue, not Federal.

Congress *could* pass a law implementing a Federal property tax on banks and corporations that own residential rental properties in states beyond the one they're incorporated in, for every dollar they charge above a certain amount.

The government should intervene in the housing market to increase housing supply through a public works project and should offer this housing to undercut the local market.

The government should manage a big public rental company, with ability to set by competition the range of rent prices.

No, the government should pay for more housing to be built in conjunction with requiring that the majority of housing built be high-density rather than than luxury properties.

If I trusted the government, I would say to implement rent policies for landlords, but why not have govt housing for ppl who cannot fend for themselves. Yet hundreds of billions being sent to OTHER COUNTRIES for war. It is disgusting what has become of this once great country.

If you love out of state and own 10 units or houses you’re an investor. You should not have rent control for non investors.if you own more than one unit or ten units then have control on those investors.cobteol investors who are gouging renters.

But what happens if either party wins? The Proponents have a point, but what happens to appartments in areas that are parts of high income areas? And the opponents make it seem like there is a large lack of skills in cleaning.

No, but there should be limits on how much a landlord can increase rent based on the previous lease agreement (no more than 10% increase from lease to lease).