In Practice, Legislated Rent Controls Are Usually Intended

In practice, legislated rent controls are usually intended

A) to increase the demand for rental housing and to discourage private ownership of low- cost rental housing developments.
B) to stimulate employment in the construction industry through the increased demand for new houses.
C) to prevent landlords from making excess profits and to protect low- income tenants from increases in the cost of housing.
D) to stabilize volatile rents, and thus to make the investment climate less uncertain for prospective investors in this sector.
E) to prevent landlords from making excess profits and to reduce the long- term quantity of rental housing.