Amid the worst renter crisis in a generation, it is time for policymakers to respond to the call for rent control to protect renters from skyrocketing rents and displacement. Rent control has tremendous payoff: if the rent control policies being debated right now in six states and two cities become reality, 12.7 million renter households will be stabilized. If adopted by states nationwide, 42 million households could be stabilized.

• Read the full report on how rent control can build stable, healthy communities. This report was produced by a collaboration between PolicyLink, the Center for Popular Democracy, and the Right To The City Alliance.
• Our Homes, Our Future: How Rent Control Can Build Stable, Healthy Communities (Executive Summary)
• Rent Control Myths Versus Reality: The Evidence on Unintended Consequences

Sarah Treuhaft highlights key findings from the report, and speakers from Oregon and New York will discuss their local campaigns and the growing movement led by renters to push for stronger tenant protection laws. View the webinar recording.