So the difference between with and without rent control is just a matter of who gets excluded?
With rent control, basically those who were there first get the housing, those who come later are out of luck.
Without rent control, those who are more wealthy can afford the housing, those who are poorer are out of luck.
If that was the only oversimplified way to see the effects of rent control, I'm sincerely not sure of what would sound better (or less worse) to me. I like when a city keeps its soul and doesn't slowly become a theme park for rich people (which is what I see in mine over the decades).
With rent control, basically those who were there first get the housing, those who come later are out of luck.
Without rent control, those who are more wealthy can afford the housing, those who are poorer are out of luck.
If that was the only oversimplified way to see the effects of rent control, I'm sincerely not sure of what would sound better (or less worse) to me. I like when a city keeps its soul and doesn't slowly become a theme park for rich people (which is what I see in mine over the decades).