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Rent Control Would Hurt California’s Housing Market

Avatar photo by Steve White, Guest Perspective February 12, 2018May 1, 2023

At a time when California struggles to build enough homes to satisfy the demands of an expanding economy and its 39 million residents, now is not the time to enact rent control, which won’t fix the state’s housing supply and affordability crisis.   California’s high home prices – averaging $550,000i – exacerbate an already tight […]

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