One of the difficulties with reducing student loans (in volume) is that fewer people will then have access to education.<p>Besides rent control, one option could be for the Fed to cut debt issuance slightly and to explicitly fund school-owned student housing.  This would cut out the greedy landlords without having an especially negative impact on local economies-- the schools would still pay to maintain the properties.  Doesn&#x27;t help private schools much, but a lot of for-profit private schools are abusing student loan availability too.