<i>I don&#x27;t get why there&#x27;s so much agreement here that that&#x27;s the desirable outcome.</i><p>I&#x27;m not sure that&#x27;s the case.  For me, at least, I believe there are better ways than rent control to keep people of lesser means in their homes.  A benefit of finding one of those means, and killing rent control, would be that the lower median rent would <i>also</i> benefit people of higher socio-economic status who feel the crunch but wouldn&#x27;t be eligible for low-income housing.