Rent control does not work in the long run and makes the situation worse.

"Economists reckon a restrictive price ceiling (rent control) reduces the supply of property to the market. When prices are capped, people have less incentive to fix up and rent out their basement flat, or to build rental property. Slower supply growth exacerbates the price crunch. And those landlords who do rent out their properties might not bother to maintain them, because when supply and turnover in the market are limited by rent caps, landlords have little incentive to compete to attract tenants."  https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/08/economist-explains-19  

Command economies do not work.