As homeownership slips further out of reach in America, more people are spending more of their lives as renters. But while renting offers many benefits — like flexibility and far lower upfront costs — many tenants live in fear of receiving their next lease renewal, not knowing if they’ll be displaced by the next rent hike.
All of this begs the question: Why isn’t everything rent controlled? Vox’s Marina Bolotnikova explains why rent control is more complicated than we may think.
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