Much of the US lives just fine without rent control. My landlord raises rents every year, in lockstep with local union raises. Doubling rent annually is hyperbole, and if you really think landlords can afford to pull bait &amp; switch leases, local only movers cheap enough that clever people should exploit them by moving every year for the discount rent.<p>At this point it seems like the only places with rent control are where rents are refucking-diculus.