San Jose is updating language in its rent control policy due to mobile home park landlords illegally raising prices on tenants living in RVs. The city's decades-old mobile home rent policy states ...

Residents asked city councilors Monday night to freeze rent increases and spoke about lackluster park conditions.

Rents all over the country are too darn high – and thanks to the New York City mayoral campaign, discussions about how to control them are back in the national attention. Housing is at the heart of ...

Angela, left, no last name given, and Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin, right, of Firelands Workers United, write a note to Rep. Adam Burnbaum, D-Port Angeles, while advocating for lawmakers to adjust and pass ...

Rent control negatively impacts housing affordability long-term, increases gentrification, and creates negative externalities. A majority of economists agree that rent control reduces the quality and ...

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Los Angeles is one of more than a dozen California cities with rent-control laws, and by no coincidence, is one of the most unaffordable places to live. The City Council recently approved a proposal ...

Economists don’t need any more evidence that rent control is bad and new housing is good. But they’ll take it. The latest example comes from Minnesota, where the Twin Cities gifted us with a natural ...