Rent Stabilization

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Rent Stabilization has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Ezra Klein Show (Nov 2025).

In the United States, rent control refers to laws or ordinances that set price controls on the rent of residential housing to function as a price ceiling. More loosely, "rent control" describes several types of price control:"strict price ceilings", also known as "rent freeze" systems, or "absolute" or "first generation" rent controls, in which no increases in rent are allowed at all ; "vacancy control", also known as "strict" or "strong" rent control, in which the rental price can rise but cont