Rent Controls

This article is about a rent ordinance. For the movie of the same name, see Rent Control (film). Rent control refers to laws or ordinances that set price controls on the renting of residential housing. It functions as a price ceiling.In the United States during World War I, rents were "controlled" through the efforts of local rent anti-profiteering committees and public pressure. From 1919 to 1924, a number of cities and states adopted rent and eviction control laws. Modern rent controls were first adopted in response to WWII-era shortages, or following Richard Nixon's 1971 wage and price controls. They remain in effect in some cities with large tenant populations, such as New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. Smaller communities also have rent control, notably Santa Monica, Berkeley, and West Hollywood California along with many small towns in New Jersey. In recent years, rent control in some cities, such as Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been ended by state ballot.
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