Rent Control vs. Housing Supply: What Will Actually Improve the Boston Housing Market

Rent control vs. housing supply- here is my no holds barred thoughts on this matter. We have to stop sugar coating our housing production failures because we get the unintended consequences of socialist policies such as rent control.

Boston’s housing problems aren’t driven by mystery—they are driven by scarcity. Stick to data facts not low information rabble rousing groups lost in an echo chamber.

When supply is constrained, prices rise. When development is buried under red tape, insane affordability and green requirements—affordability gets asphyxiated. Just look at historical graphs of housing production.

This piece looks past feel-good narratives and focuses on how housing is actually produced. What happens when arbitrary regulations choke the supply chain and push costs higher at every step? What would rents look like if housing production were allowed to scale instead of being stalled?

If you care about real affordability, not slogans, the data tells a very different story as to what we should do than what rent control "activists" would have you believe.

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