Rent control in SF is not the primary cause of the failure to build to meet demand. Anti-development zoning laws, anti-development rhetoric, an obscenely convoluted permitting process, and NIMBY protests of questionable motivation are currently the source of the city&#x27;s woes.<p>Consider:<p>* New construction is not subject to rent control.<p>* Newly built units are renting for $2,200 -&gt; $3,000+ per bedroom per month.<p>* Again, those rates are not subject to rent control and may be increased at any time.<p>* Folks with apartments to rent often hold hours-long open houses where <i>dozens</i> of people attend to be interviewed, present their proof of financial stability, and jockey to make the best offer (read: pay the most) to their prospective new roommate&#x2F;landlord. [0]<p>In any reasonably managed city, I would agree that rent control stifles construction. In <i>this</i> city, rent control is hardly even a bump in the road; there&#x27;s no rational reason <i>not</i> to build.<p>[0] Source: I recently had a friend attempt to find a vaguely affordable place to live in the city. fully 80% of the places she looked at (and she was looking at at <i>least</i> one a week) did this.