Should the government implement rent control policies to limit the amount landlords can charge for rent?

There needs to be a fair balance between rent prices and the local cost of living. Rent control may not be the best option.

No, but they should be required to show their tenant exactly how much of their rent amount is going towards the mortgage of the building, upkeep/maintenance, taxes, and other expenses of the building/complex (like paying the office workers) and how much of it they're pocketing.

Yes, it should be regulated by placing a limit on how high it can be and be based off of state income

Yes, as long as the landlord is still able to earn a profit on their properties, cover property maintenance, and are able to easily evict tenants that damage property or are not making rent payments.

Rent control does not create reliably helpful outcomes. This question is too market specific to be at all relevant to ask here.

I think yes because sometimes they charge to much for something that is not worth to being rented for.

I would like for something to be done, preferably a Georgian single land tax, possibly in addition to other measures like the rent caps depending on economic background, maybe?

Yes, and prohibit ownership of over three homes at any one time by any individual or for-profit entity.

Only in areas where rents are inflated, like NY, LA, SF, … if a city has limited space and too many people, the rents have to be controlled

No. Price fixing any product or service only leads to artificial scarcity and disincentivizes private industry from investing in a real solution.

No, but the government should stop collusion between rental companies and incentivize housing development and deregulation of zoning to increase housing availability.

Yes, but depending on the conditions of the place you are rented at there should be a range of price that is fair and not overly excessive.

As long as the limit goes up with the pricing of houses in that area, time period, or value of housing.

If we are in a financial recession, they shouldn't be allowed to charge over a certain amount, but otherwise no.

No, but this is a state / local issue, not Federal.

Congress *could* pass a law implementing a Federal property tax on banks and corporations that own residential rental properties in states beyond the one they're incorporated in, for every dollar they charge above a certain amount.

The government should intervene in the housing market to increase housing supply through a public works project and should offer this housing to undercut the local market.

The government should manage a big public rental company, with ability to set by competition the range of rent prices.

No, the government should pay for more housing to be built in conjunction with requiring that the majority of housing built be high-density rather than than luxury properties.

If I trusted the government, I would say to implement rent policies for landlords, but why not have govt housing for ppl who cannot fend for themselves. Yet hundreds of billions being sent to OTHER COUNTRIES for war. It is disgusting what has become of this once great country.

If you love out of state and own 10 units or houses you’re an investor. You should not have rent control for non investors.if you own more than one unit or ten units then have control on those investors.cobteol investors who are gouging renters.

But what happens if either party wins? The Proponents have a point, but what happens to appartments in areas that are parts of high income areas? And the opponents make it seem like there is a large lack of skills in cleaning.

No, but there should be limits on how much a landlord can increase rent based on the previous lease agreement (no more than 10% increase from lease to lease).

No, the government should instead pursue policies to increase the amount of housing, to reduce the cost of renting

The states themselves should implement rent control policies and the goverment should just support this current

People should be able to build autonomous free/low income housing without mucj restriction, reducing their reliance on landlords.

Rent control is always 100% a bad idea. What is the incentive to conduct business if you cannot make a profit? Rent control is a communist tactic to eliminate private ownership of land. Bad bad bad

There should only be regulations to a certain degree in certain areas or put maximum amounts in place for those poorer or more highly populated areas

No, it is in the best interests for landlords to appeal to the largest consumer base possible, the recent raising of prices however, has stopped them from actually being able to do this. Deductive reasoning suggests that there are other major underlying issues that are causing the sudden and steady raise in rent prices.

I think there should be a limit on how much a landlord can raise rent yearly in regards to tenants already renting. However, a prospective tenant can be asked to pay however much the landlord decides to charge.

Landlords can take advantage of people so therefore some people shouldnt ruin it for others and depending on the place setting and circomstances should correct the linit on how people shoul charge and depeding on where this is should determionje the limit to which shuld be charged.

Only if required. If prices start skyrocketing, at a certain point there should be limitations on price

Yes, and there should be limits to the amount of properties a single individual can own. The government should be prioritizing policies that benefit single individual and family homeownership versus allowing landlords to buy several properties that they themselves do not reside in.

yes, absurd charges for rent should be controlled, as in their bills (water, electric, etc) is reasonable. But if the tenant has trashed the building in not just physical ways, then yes i believe they should be able to upcharge rent.

No, but the state should take a more active role in making sure there is enough housing inventory to prevent rents from driving homelessness.

No, rent control just results in a shortage of housing because less landlords are willing to rent out their homes if they are limited in what they can charge for rent.

Yes, but there should be minimal condition requirements maintained by landlords as well as limits to the amount of property that they can hold.

The government already has their hands in too much of our personal affairs. This should be a county situation since each county is presented with its own unique challenges and capabilities. Large corporations is who needs to be regulated in this and out of country owners should not be allowed.

Again complicated question. There are many economic factors that impacts rent costs. People need to be encouraged to invest, yet also need to have reasonably priced housing. We live in a capitalistic society. People also need to be educated on the costs of home ownership and make choices based on what they can reasonably do.

Policies should be implemented to prevent corporations purchasing residential retaliate in a way that drives up prices and limits the ability of private citizens to own property.

No, because rent control has proven to be failed policy + rapidly building affordable housing and establishing a Land Value Tax would be more effective

The government should implement policies that make land and home ownership realistically attainable for the average American family and individual.

Limit number of air bnb homes. Limit hedge funds and large corporations from buying up all the housing and raising rents.

No and The government should not be able to determine what rent a private landlord can charge their tenants. Establish a universal basic income program to make rent more affordable instead.

Yes, but these policies should be enacted along with additional oversight that ensures landlords are maintaining the housing units as well.

they should make the rent based around the size and how big your property is but also not let them over charge peoples rent either

The government should not be involved in private business but we should keep citizens safe from predators and also we should control taxes bills and inflation overall cost of living from going up

I think that depending on how much the original cost of the home was should be cut into a percentage.

Get rid of the landlords entirely and distribute housing as an basic human right.

It depends on vacancies in relation to homeless population