The advantages of rent controls for tenants are obvious: lower rents and more controlled increases of rents. This is especially beneficial in the center city, where rent controls can allow low-income workers or artists to live in areas that are well-served by public transportation, which can also reduce household expenses. Rent controls can make it possible for workers such as teachers and firefighters to live within a reasonable distance of their schools and fire halls when the housing prices would otherwise be out of reach.
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One benefit of rent control is that it allows people earning low incomes the opportunity to live in housing that they would not be