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Unpublished Paper
Do Rent Increases Reduce the Housing Supply under Rent Control? Evidence from Evictions in San Francisco
Upjohn Institute Working Papers
  • Brian J. Asquith, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Upjohn Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5783-5557

Publication Date
8-1-2019
Series
Upjohn Institute working paper ; 19-296
DOI
10.17848/wp19-296
Abstract

Rent control balances strong tenant protections with supply-side incentives for landlords. However, cities with rent control are also some of the United States' most unaffordable, prompting questions about how well these incentives are working. I examine how controlled landlords change their housing supply in response to price increases using a well-identified hyperlocal demand shock the privately operated commuter shuttle systems in San Francisco. Controlled landlords increased market withdrawal filings and became less likely to create vacancies via evictions in response to a shuttle stop placement. Policies raising barriers to market withdrawals prompted controlled landlords to respond my increasing their at-fault evictions.

Issue Date
August 2019
Citation Information
Asquith, Brian J. 2019. "Do Rent Increases Reduce the Housing Supply Under Rent Control? Evidence from Evictions in San Francisco." Upjohn Institute Working Paper 19-296. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.