Articles on Rent controls

April 18, 2019

Landlords will be forbidden from evicting tenants for no reason – but reform has only just begun

Tom Simcock, Edge Hill University and Kim McKee, University of Stirling

Housing laws in England can still leave tenants without proper protection, but the latest reforms offer hope for the future.

May 13, 2016

Douglas Robertson, University of Stirling

Noisy tourists are putting a strain on Berlin's rental market.

March 30, 2016

Alan Shipman, The Open University

While New York clings firmly to its system of rent control, London's housing market has changed too much to re-introduce them.

March 29, 2016

Jonathan Halket, University of Essex

Why putting a price ceiling on rent is not the answer to a city's housing problems.

October 30, 2015

Michael Glass, University of Pittsburgh

Sure, a chunk of Stuyvesant Town's units will remain affordable for 20 years. But what happens after that?

April 29, 2015

Michael White, Nottingham Trent University

Miliband's plans to stop landlords hiking up rents won't fix the housing supply problem.

Alan Shipman
Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
Michael White
Director, Real Estate Economics and Investment Research Group, Nottingham Trent University
Jonathan Halket
Lecturer in Economics, University of Essex
Michael Glass
Lecturer of Urban Studies, University of Pittsburgh
Douglas Robertson
Professor of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Stirling
Kim McKee
Senior Lecturer, Social Policy and Housing, University of Stirling
Tom Simcock
Research Fellow, Edge Hill University