Student Project: Rent Control & Rent Stabilization: Secondary Sources

Discusses situation in housing shortage in US prior to the implementation of the RCA and RSL.

Discusses background of RC and RSL in the legislature in NYC.

A former resident of a rent-controlled apartment argues that all rent control statutes, regardless of their peculiar features and structures, are per se unconstitutional under the takings clause of the Constitution.

This article argues that N.Y.C.'s landlord self-regulation system failed due to several factors, such as the insulation and exclusion of decision-making from public influence and tenant influence.

This article looks at the the various factors giving rise to rent control legislation, the history of rent control and offers some criticisms of current rent control.

Discusses rent control at pages 553 - 576.

Discusses how tenants groups should be formed and the use of alternative dispute resolutions to force landlords to abide by tenant demands.

Stresses the differences between rent control and rent stabilization. Cirace argues that there is no social case to be made for the use of rent regulation systems.