Begin Quote by Ben Bernanke

“In short, rent control reduces the rate of housing turnover.”

— Thomas Sowell

Increases in stabilized rents impact rent stabilized tenants directly, but they also affect the affordability of all New Yorkers' rents.

— Letitia James

Politically, sometimes you get situations where rent control will go through. It is especially true in an emergency, where there is a sudden, sharp…

— James M. Buchanan

If the demand for home commodities should be diminished, because of the fall of rent on the part of the landlords, it will be…

— David Ricardo

The more the tenants there are, the later the rent gets paid.

— Robert D Dangoor

A lot of my book, 'The Price of Inequality,' is about why there has been an increase in rent-seeking.

— Joseph Stiglitz

You have to understand the role the landlords are playing in shaping neighborhoods, how they potentially expand or reduce inequality, how their profits are…

— Matthew Desmond

I'd hate to see new housing building accelerating while taking down buildings where there's 50 people living in rent-stabilized apartments.

— Eric Garcetti

A strong economy causes an increase in the demand for housing; the increased demand for housing drives real-estate prices and rentals through the roof.…

— William Baldwin

“annual increases in your rent is 4 percent per year.”

— Eric Tyson

The revival of consumers saving their money for retirement - rather than expecting their homes to provide the cushion - added with 'move down'…

— David I. Rozenberg

We've got to make greedy banks pass on interest rate cuts in full, and we've got to see rents coming down.

— Jasmine Guinness