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This past February, Prince George’s County, Maryland, capped rent increases for one year at three percent. This policy was billed as a temporary, emergency measure. The uncertainty surrounding this policy has chilled housing investment in the county.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey released a package of sweeping housing reforms for legislative consideration.

New York City is the biggest city in America, with a population of 8.5 million people. Yet according to a new report released by the New York Building Congress, the city is on track to complete just 11,000 new housing units this year.

A political scientist at the University of Denver crunches the numbers on a recent ballot question to build more housing. His conclusion: NIMBY homeowners were the biggest predictor of opposition to development.

A scholar with the Washington Policy Center argues: “Theory and real-world results show unequivocally that laws that artificially disincentivize housing providers from creating and retaining housing supply push low-income renters to the brink and even into the ranks of the homeless.

In a recent op-ed, former New York Lieutenant Governor Betsy McCaughey writes, “The evidence is in: Rent regulation is a political scam. There are better ways to help Americans afford a place to live.”

Check out two federal policy solutions for addressing the housing affordability crisis: one to boost the housing supply and another to help address the demand side of the problem.

Last month, in Montgomery County, Maryland, the County Council debated – and then ultimately passed – rent regulation. A detailed rundown of all the particulars in the final version can be found HERE, but the three most important components of it are summarized below.