ABSTRACT
Controls on the rents that landlords may charge their tenants are quite common in developing countries, as well as in the United States and the industrialised nations of western Europe. Indeed, it is much easier to think of countries that have some form of rent controls than of those that do not. In many instances, controls are accompanied by regulations protecting tenants from eviction. There is, however, little uniformity across countries in rent controls and accompanying protective legislation or in the administration of these regulations. Thus, it is difficult to generalise from one country to another about the likely effects of rent control on housing market outcomes.1
