A land value tax ( <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Land_value_tax" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Land_value_tax</a> ) is an economically interesting alternative to rent controls that doesn&#x27;t seem to suffer from the same perverse incentives that rent controls sometimes do.<p>FWIW, the housing market is pretty far from a free market, so well-implemented rent controls could be a good thing. I think like all government policies, really it comes down to implementation - I can imagine Germany doing a much better job than the USA here.