Overview

Rent control, the governmental regulation of the level of payment and tenure rights for rental housing, occupies a small but unique niche within the broad domain of public regulation of markets. The price of housing cannot be regulated by establishing a single price for a given level of quality, as other commodities such as electricity and sugar have been regulated at various times. Rent regulation requires that a price level be established for each individual housing unit, which in turn implies a level of complexity in structure and oversight that is unequaled.Housing provides a sense of security, defines our financial and emotional well-being, and influences our self-definition. Not surprisingly, attempts to regulate its price arouse intense controversy. Residential rent control is praised as a guarantor of affordable housing, excoriated as an indefensible distortion of the market, and both admired and feared as an attempt to transform the very meaning of housing access and ownership.This book provides a thorough assessment of the evolution of rent regulation in North American cities. Contributors sketch rent control's origins, legal status, economic impacts, political dynamics, and social meaning. Case studies of rent regulation in specific North American cities from New York and Washington, DC, to Berkeley and Toronto are also presented. This is an important primer for students, advocates, and practitioners of housing policy and provides essential insights on the intersection of government and markets.

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Author:   William Smith ,  Michael Teitz ,  Andrejs Skaburskis
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Centre for Urban Policy Research,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780882851594

ISBN 10:   0882851594
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   15 August 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Rent Control: Its Origins, History, and Controversies, Rent Control Legislation and Administration, The Courts and Rent Control, The Economics of Rent Regulation, The Politics of Rent Control, A Social Perspective on Rent Control, The Success and Failure of Strong Rent Control in the City of Berkeley, 1978 to 1995, Moderating Market Pressures for Washington, D.C., Rental Housing 110 Rent Stabilization in Los Angeles, A Moderate Approach to Regulation, New Jersey's Rent Control Movement, Rent Regulation in New York City, A Protracted Saga, Toronto's Changing Rent Control Policy, Controlling ImMobile Home Space Rents, Conclusion

Reviews

-This is a very important book, essential reading for social scientists, elected officials, community activists, and the real estate industry. Rent Control will spark a much needed debate on opportunity and equity in housing policy... This book is a fresh, provocative, and bold accounts of the impacts of rent control in the United States and Canada. It is important because it gives the most balanced account available of the economic, political, social, and legal impacts of rent control. It is the best book of its kind, and the authors did an admirable job.- --John I. Gilderbloom, APA Journal -Rent Control... is a welcome improvement on the usually rancorous discussion of its subject... This book is not the last word on rent control, but it deserves to be the first word.- --Planning -Government regulation of rental payments and related tenure rights for rental housing has long been one of the most controversial regulatory measures in market-oriented economies... The material presented is probably best described as the applied policy analysis of rent regulation in North America. Given the controversial nature of the subject matter, the authors are commended for the balanced approach they bring to the analysis... In summary, urban policy analysts and policy makers, especially at the state and local levels, will benefit from this highly informative, balanced and well-written analysis of second-generation rent regulation in North America.- --Thomas S. Nesslein, Urban Studies -Policymakers and administrators in states and cities contemplating rent control will find this an extremely important and useful book.- --M. Leanne Lachman, Political Science Quarterly

"-This is a very important book, essential reading for social scientists, elected officials, community activists, and the real estate industry. Rent Control will spark a much needed debate on opportunity and equity in housing policy... This book is a fresh, provocative, and bold accounts of the impacts of rent control in the United States and Canada. It is important because it gives the most balanced account available of the economic, political, social, and legal impacts of rent control. It is the best book of its kind, and the authors did an admirable job.- --John I. Gilderbloom, APA Journal -Rent Control... is a welcome improvement on the usually rancorous discussion of its subject... This book is not the last word on rent control, but it deserves to be the first word.- --Planning -Government regulation of rental payments and related tenure rights for rental housing has long been one of the most controversial regulatory measures in market-oriented economies... The material presented is probably best described as the applied policy analysis of rent regulation in North America. Given the controversial nature of the subject matter, the authors are commended for the balanced approach they bring to the analysis... In summary, urban policy analysts and policy makers, especially at the state and local levels, will benefit from this highly informative, balanced and well-written analysis of second-generation rent regulation in North America.- --Thomas S. Nesslein, Urban Studies -Policymakers and administrators in states and cities contemplating rent control will find this an extremely important and useful book.- --M. Leanne Lachman, Political Science Quarterly ""This is a very important book, essential reading for social scientists, elected officials, community activists, and the real estate industry. Rent Control will spark a much needed debate on opportunity and equity in housing policy... This book is a fresh, provocative, and bold accounts of the impacts of rent control in the United States and Canada. It is important because it gives the most balanced account available of the economic, political, social, and legal impacts of rent control. It is the best book of its kind, and the authors did an admirable job."" --John I. Gilderbloom, APA Journal ""Rent Control... is a welcome improvement on the usually rancorous discussion of its subject... This book is not the last word on rent control, but it deserves to be the first word."" --Planning ""Government regulation of rental payments and related tenure rights for rental housing has long been one of the most controversial regulatory measures in market-oriented economies... The material presented is probably best described as the applied policy analysis of rent regulation in North America. Given the controversial nature of the subject matter, the authors are commended for the balanced approach they bring to the analysis... In summary, urban policy analysts and policy makers, especially at the state and local levels, will benefit from this highly informative, balanced and well-written analysis of second-generation rent regulation in North America."" --Thomas S. Nesslein, Urban Studies ""Policymakers and administrators in states and cities contemplating rent control will find this an extremely important and useful book."" --M. Leanne Lachman, Political Science Quarterly ""This is a very important book, essential reading for social scientists, elected officials, community activists, and the real estate industry. Rent Control will spark a much needed debate on opportunity and equity in housing policy... This book is a fresh, provocative, and bold accounts of the impacts of rent control in the United States and Canada. It is important because it gives the most balanced account available of the economic, political, social, and legal impacts of rent control. It is the best book of its kind, and the authors did an admirable job."" --John I. Gilderbloom, APA Journal ""Rent Control... is a welcome improvement on the usually rancorous discussion of its subject... This book is not the last word on rent control, but it deserves to be the first word."" --Planning ""Government regulation of rental payments and related tenure rights for rental housing has long been one of the most controversial regulatory measures in market-oriented economies... The material presented is probably best described as the applied policy analysis of rent regulation in North America. Given the controversial nature of the subject matter, the authors are commended for the balanced approach they bring to the analysis... In summary, urban policy analysts and policy makers, especially at the state and local levels, will benefit from this highly informative, balanced and well-written analysis of second-generation rent regulation in North America."" --Thomas S. Nesslein, Urban Studies ""Policymakers and administrators in states and cities contemplating rent control will find this an extremely important and useful book."" --M. Leanne Lachman, Political Science Quarterly ""Policymakers and administrators in states and cities contemplating rent control will find this an extremely important and useful book."" --M. Leanne Lachman, Political Science Quarterly ""The best book of its kind."" --J. Gilderbloom, APA Journal ""Not the last word on rent control, but it deserves to be the first word."" --H. Henderson, Planning"

<p> This is a very important book, essential reading for social scientists, elected officials, community activists, and the real estate industry. Rent Control will spark a much needed debate on opportunity and equity in housing policy... This book is a fresh, provocative, and bold accounts of the impacts of rent control in the United States and Canada. It is important because it gives the most balanced account available of the economic, political, social, and legal impacts of rent control. It is the best book of its kind, and the authors did an admirable job. <p> --John I. Gilderbloom, APA Journal <p> Rent Control... is a welcome improvement on the usually rancorous discussion of its subject... This book is not the last word on rent control, but it deserves to be the first word. <p> --Planning <p> Government regulation of rental payments and related tenure rights for rental housing has long been one of the most controversial regulatory measures in market-oriented economies... The material presented is probably best described as the applied policy analysis of rent regulation in North America. Given the controversial nature of the subject matter, the authors are commended for the balanced approach they bring to the analysis... In summary, urban policy analysts and policy makers, especially at the state and local levels, will benefit from this highly informative, balanced and well-written analysis of second-generation rent regulation in North America. <p> --Thomas S. Nesslein, Urban Studies <p> Policymakers and administrators in states and cities contemplating rent control will find this an extremely important and useful book. <p> --M. Leanne Lachman, Political Science Quarterly

This is a very important book, essential reading for social scientists, elected officials, community activists, and the real estate industry. Rent Control will spark a much needed debate on opportunity and equity in housing policy... This book is a fresh, provocative, and bold accounts of the impacts of rent control in the United States and Canada. It is important because it gives the most balanced account available of the economic, political, social, and legal impacts of rent control. It is the best book of its kind, and the authors did an admirable job. --John I. Gilderbloom, APA Journal Rent Control... is a welcome improvement on the usually rancorous discussion of its subject... This book is not the last word on rent control, but it deserves to be the first word. --Planning Government regulation of rental payments and related tenure rights for rental housing has long been one of the most controversial regulatory measures in market-oriented economies... The material presented is probably best described as the applied policy analysis of rent regulation in North America. Given the controversial nature of the subject matter, the authors are commended for the balanced approach they bring to the analysis... In summary, urban policy analysts and policy makers, especially at the state and local levels, will benefit from this highly informative, balanced and well-written analysis of second-generation rent regulation in North America. --Thomas S. Nesslein, Urban Studies Policymakers and administrators in states and cities contemplating rent control will find this an extremely important and useful book. --M. Leanne Lachman, Political Science Quarterly

Author Information

Michael B. Teitz is Director of Research at the Public Policy Institute of California and Professor Emeritus of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught from 1963 until 1998. He has written and consulted widely on housing economics and policy, working with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the municipal governments of New York City, Los Angeles, and Ber-keley, California, among others. His work on rent control began when he served as project leader for the Rand Corporation's studies of housing and rent control in New York City between 1968 and 1970. Subsequently, he was responsible for the specifications of a series of studies of rent stabiliza-tion in Los Angeles from 1984 to 1994. In addition, he has written about rent control in California and has studied its impacts in Berkeley. In 1988, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship for research on rent control.

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