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Roger Williams: inserting yourself into the free market by enacting rent controls would have the opposite effect.

On the recordMay 22, 2023
inserting yourself into the free market by enacting rent controls would have the opposite effect.
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Roger Williams
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Claim that rent controls would harm the housing market and investment.

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