Argentina's libertarian government ends rent control – available rentals multiply and rents fall

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Feb 20, 2025, 8:48:21 AMFeb 20
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From Argentina, dramatic evidence that rent control harms renters, restricting the housing supply, and driving up prices. Last year the libertarian administration of Javier Milei ended a federal rent control law and replaced it with nothing, just allowing a free market to function. The results have been all positive for both renters and landlords:



Will people in California and elsewhere learn the lesson, or continue to embrace failed statist policies that have led to unaffordable housing and rampant homelessness?

Love & Liberty,

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