UCLA Housing Voice
Why does the housing market seem so broken? And what can we do about it? UCLA Housing Voice tackles these questions in conversation with leading housing researchers, with each episode centered on a study and its implications for creating more affordable and accessible communities.
UCLA Housing Voice
Ep. 84: A Review of Rent Control Research with Konstantin Kholodilin
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UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
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Season 4
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Episode 7
Rent control is one of the most hotly debated housing policies, and also one of the most researched. Konstantin Kholodilin reviewed over 200 rent control studies, dating back decades and spanning six continents, and he joins us to give an overview of their results.
Show notes:
- Kholodilin, K. A. (2024). Rent control effects through the lens of empirical research: An almost complete review of the literature. Journal of Housing Economics, 101983.
- Konstantin’s massive database of rent control policies across the world: Longitudinal database of rental housing market regulations: 100+ countries over 100+ years.
- Kholodilin, K. (2020). Long-term, multicountry perspective on rental market regulations. Housing Policy Debate, 30(6), 994-1015.
- Wikipedia article on ‘kommunalka’ (communal apartment).
- Fogelson, R. M. (2013). The Great Rent Wars: New York, 1917-1929. Yale University Press.
- Episode 36 of UCLA Housing Voice on rent control in India with Sahil Gandhi and Richard Green.
- Willis, J. W. (1948). State rent-control legislation, 1946-1947. The Yale Law Journal, 57(3), 351-376.
