"We have seen corporate landlords—who own a larger share of the rental market than ever before—use inflation as an excuse to hike rents and reap excess profits beyond what should be considered fair and reasonable."
The author of that article is Megan McArdle. A quick look at her other articles:
An article that attempts to shift blame away from media execs and onto consumers, in response to the writers/actors’ protests
“Higher minimum wages may increase homelessness” (literal article title)
Says we shouldn’t expect to keep taxing wealthy people more
Wants to reduce medicaid but conveniently doesn’t mention the amount of death poor people will experience as a result of that, using the same austerity justifications we’ve heard in Europe already (that turned out to be bullshit)
The author of that article is Megan McArdle. A quick look at her other articles:
I’m sure she has no right wing economics bias lol
Here’s a much more balanced article on rent control that actually sources econ research papers by a person with a PhD in economics: https://jwmason.org/slackwire/considerations-on-rent-control/
tl;dr: rent control is not the evil we thought it was. It can be a useful policy tool alongside other housing policies.