California Passes Statewide Rent Control

Yesterday, the California legislature approved a statewide rent cap limiting annual rent increases to 5 percent after inflation. Read more.

The President of the National Multifamily Housing Council, Doug Bibby, issued the following statement in response:

"The most effective way to fix California’s housing crisis is by building more housing across a range of price points and AB-1482 makes that harder to do. After Californians overwhelmingly rejected the rent control ballot initiative less than a year ago, lawmakers today went against their constituents by passing a measure that will discourage investment, shrink the availability of affordable housing that already exists and squeeze even more people struggling in the housing market. This makes the problem worse. The housing affordability crisis is real, real Americans are being harmed by it every day and we need real solutions – not restrictive policies that we know don’t work.”