5th International Workshop on Rent Control

Tarragona (Spain), June 19–20, 2025

Aim

The aim of the workshop is to bring together experts from different countries and different disciplines (economics, history, law, sociology, urbanism, etc.) who are interested in rent control and other housing policies.

The annual workshop, taking place for the fifth time, aims to be a forum for discussing housing policies around the world and exchange ideas. Furthermore, it also aims to encourage joint research cooperation in the field.

Full Program

v. 30-5-2025

June 19, 2025

9:00	Arrival and registration
9:30	Welcome to participants
9:50	Sergio Nasarre−Aznar, Héctor Simón−Moreno, Santiago Ariste Castaño The calculation of rent control of the Spanish Act 12/2023 breaches theconstitutional rights to private property and equality
10:15	Luisa Carrer The perverse effects of rent control: evidence from a large−scale stringent regulation in Catalonia
10:40	María Goñi Price control measures under scrutiny: their ineffectiveness and interference with property rights
11:05	Cristina Argelich−Comelles Rent control in Spain. Constitutional and useless return to the past
11:30	Tea/coffee break
11:50	Sue−Mari Viljoen Regulation and incentivization in transformative housing frameworks
12:15	Marife Ballesteros Demographic trends and housing patterns in the Philippines
12:40	Macarena Díaz de Valdés Haase Legal regulations applicable to multifamily buildings in Chile
13:05	Mª Zulema Calderón Corredor Tax−incentivized affordable housing: successful experiences in comparativelaw
13:30	Lunch break
14:30	Rachel Slaymaker The impact of landlord size on rent pricing behaviour in the presence of rent controls: Evidence from Ireland
14:55	Felicitas Sommer Survey on the (in)effectiveness of the rent brake in Munich
15:20	Herman Donner The impact of rent controls on housing consumption
15:45	Tea/coffee break
16:05	Fredrik Kopsch Rent regulation and re−distribution of value Evidence from Sweden’s first rent regulation, 1917 to 1923
16:30	Francesco Oliva The housing policies of the Portuguese Estado Novo (1933−1945)
16:55	Break
17:20	Guided tour of the historic center of Tarragona
20:00	Dinner
22:00	End of the first day

June 20, 2025

9:30	Sofie Waltl How do monetary policy decisions relate to price changes in housing markets? An assessment of public perceptions across 5 European countries
9:55	Matthijs Korevaar An alpha in affordable housing?
10:20	Guillaume Toussaint Does rent control increase rental returns? The case of the metropolitan housing market of Lille, France
	Tea/coffee break
11:05	Júlia Furtado de Barros Housing relative deprivation and political preferences of young people inEurope
11:30	Katherine Hostal Poverty as public nuisance
11:55	Catalina Llaneza Hesse Unveiling the rental puzzle: analyzing the rise of medium−term rentals across short− and long−term platforms
12:20	Bence Kováts ‘Each child is a new outpost’: the long−term development of Europeanhousing policies targeting families with children
13:00	End of workshop