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Rent Control as an Instrument of Housing Policy

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The Economic Problems Of Housing

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Two main problems are discussed in the present paper: (1) the usefulness of rent control as an instrument of housing policy, and hence the effects of such control, and (2) the possibilities of realizing the goals of housing policy by other methods, without rent control.

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Adela Adam Nevitt

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Lindbeck, A. (1967). Rent Control as an Instrument of Housing Policy. In: Nevitt, A.A. (eds) The Economic Problems Of Housing. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08473-9_5

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