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Do Rent Controls Restrict The Supply of Rental Housing?: An Interview with Murtaza Haider

Do Rent Controls Restrict The Supply of Rental Housing?: An Interview with Murtaza Haider

Move Smartly: The Podcast

April 30, 202456m 7s

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Show Notes

In today's episode, John talks to Murtaza Haider about rent controls in Canada and their potential impact on rental supply. Murtaza is a professor of Data Science and Real Estate Management at Toronto Metropolitan University.

In the lively chat, we discuss why Ontario has seen very little growth in rental housing even though the new rental supply is not rent controlled. We also discuss the differences in approach to rental housing between North American and European economists and governments. North Americans lean more towards a free market approach to rental housing, while Europeans have coupled adequate rental supply while maintaining policies that protect tenants.

Today's show links:

Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/movesmartly

Ricardo Tranjan in the Toronto Star: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/rent-controls-work-they-don-t-reduce-housing-supply-but-they-do-limit-profit/article_77ca720a-dfd5-11ee-982b-3ba3433ea220.html

Murtaza Haider in the Financial Post: https://financialpost.com/real-estate/rent-controls-hurt-rental-supply

Rent Controls, Rental Prices and Rental Supply - CMHC Summary

https://tinyurl.com/2efscwuw

Study of the Impacts of Rent Control Policies - CMHC Report

https://tinyurl.com/458svhzj

Follow Murtaza Haider on Twitter: @regionomics

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