If the market rate for your apartment is double what you&#x27;re paying (the landlord wouldn&#x27;t double your rent if they couldn&#x27;t get anyone to take it), you&#x27;re trapped in that apartment:  You presumably can&#x27;t get any other place, because they&#x27;re all double the price you pay.<p><pre><code>  Thus the landlord has no motivation to keep you there, and your landlord can screw you over in any number of ways without worrying about losing tenants -- because that&#x27;s good for them!

  I used to think rent control was good, but the more I think about it, I worry about trapped tenants who can&#x27;t get out of their situation financially.
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Thus I believe we need to worry about controlling the other factors in housing pricing, so that people can afford market rate, which surely includes making enough supply available at all rates: Luxury condos through to places minimum wage workers can afford.