Decoding rent control jargon• Rent control: The broad umbrella term for laws limiting how much landlords can charge or raise rents on covered homes. • Rent freeze: A temporary prohibition on rent increases for apartments covered by rent control, like the policy adopted in NYC this summer. The truth about rent control is somewhere between both extremes. How rent control got smarterOne of the clearest ways to understand rent control comes from Shane Phillips, a housing researcher at UCLA. The post The truth about rent control appeared first on Vox.