ntrols are very difficult to remove from our everyday life. Economists Arthur Nelson's "Nelson's Third Law" states that the worse a government regulation is, the harder it is to get rid of it, can be applied to the rent control. Because when there is a regulation created by a government people will figure out a way to adjust to it and some people will even try to make profit from the situation presented to them. When these groups of people become adjusted they will fight to retain the regulation. If this group of people is the majority of tenants, removing rent control through local political efforts are not very good.
             In addition the costs of rent control usually will fall on other taxpayers, because when landlords start losing money they get their property assessments lowered. When the
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