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The Daily Line
The Nation’s Housing Affordability Problem Has Reached Illinois, But We Are Finding Solutions
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Wall Street Journal
St. Paul’s Rent Control Backfire
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Marketwatch.com
New research casts doubt on rent control as a way to help the poor
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Wall Street Journal
EDITORIAL BOARD: Rent Control Backfires Again in St. Paul
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Twin Cities developers, landlords prepare for the worst as rent control organizers celebrate
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
EDITORIAL BOARD: Reject efforts to add rent control
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Crain’s Chicago Business
Here's an affordable housing solution developers actually like
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The Daily Line
Rent control and excessive regulation threaten to derail affordable housing agenda
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Bloomberg
Yup, rent control does more harm than good
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Chicago Tribune
Letter: Why rent control is still a bad idea
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Chicago Sun Times
Letter: Rent control produces dismal results for renters and cities
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San Francisco Chronicle
Chronicle recommends: No on Prop 10
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The San Diego Union Tribune
Vote no on rent control, a ‘solution’ that worsens housing crisis.
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Crain’s Chicago Business
A Chicago economist weighs in on rent control
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Crain’s Chicago Business
Rent control: stakeholders urge caution on repealing state ban
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Chicago Tribune
Editorial: Rent control would benefit some tenants but sap vitality from Chicago
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Chicago Sun-Times
EDITORIAL: High rents are a problem. Rent control is not the answer
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The Real Deal
Rent control push suffers setback in Springfield
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Capitol Fax
Two of Rep. Guzzardi’s most progressive bills killed by fellow Dems
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WSIU/NPR
The Evidence against rent control
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Crain’s Chicago Business
Bill to lift ban on rent control fails in Springfield
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Bisnow
Housing experts want more building, less regulation to solve the affordable housing crisis
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The Orange County Register
Fallout from state’s rent control debate: More rent hikes
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CoStar News
Following statewide rent cap, Oregon multifamily investment drops 38%
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New York Post
Rent control critics warn about eventual destruction of New York City
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wages of rent control: New York’s latest law, hardly a month old, is already chilling builders
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Chicago Tribune
Commentary: Illinois should resist the rent control temptation
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Washington Post
Editorial: The economists are right: Rent control is bad
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Washington Post
National rent control cap: Where 2020 Democrats stand
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Rental Housing Journal
Rising rent control is slowing development and investment
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Crain's Chicago Business
Renters are king in Chicago right now
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago rents fell 12% in 2020
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The Star Tribune
Editorial: Yes, there's a better plan than rent control
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Bloomberg
Opinion: Berlin’s Rent Controls Are Proving to Be a Disaster
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Chicago Tribune
Editorial: Yes, gentrification is a problem. But rent control isn’t the right remedy
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Chicago Tribune
Commentary: Rent control is not the answer for south suburban communities
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The Daily Herald
Letter: Rent controls are dangerous policy
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City of Minneapolis
Rent Stabilization Staff Analysis Presentation
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City of Minneapolis
Rent Stabilization Staff Analysis Report
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NMHC
The Impacts of Rent Control: A Research Review and Synthesis
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NPR
The Evidence Against Rent Control
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Freakonomics
Why Rent Control Doesn't Work
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POLICYed
No Vacancy: The Consequences of Rent Control
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National Apartment Association
No Steps Forward, Two Steps Back: The Destructive Consequences of Rent Control
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Stanford University
Stanford University economists Rebecca Diamond and Tim McQuade presented important research on rent control in 2019.
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Manhattan Institute
Issues 2020: Rent control does not make housing more affordable
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SHAPE Illinois
How Rent Control Hurts Neighborhoods
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SHAPE Illinois
Rent Control Alternatives
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SHAPE Illinois
Illinois Housing Shortage Analysis
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SHAPE Illinois
Rent Control Policy Analysis
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NMHC
Rent Control
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NAA
Issue Fact Sheet - Rent Control
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SHAPE Illinois
PRESS RELEASE: Diverse Coalition of Stakeholders Cautioning Against Unintended Consequences of Rent Control
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