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Housing is so fucked it literally cannot be fixed just by the president, any president. We need laws, we need zoning, we need judicial protections for renters, we need private companies increasing supply... But yes: we also need this cap on rent increases. It's a start!
Let me tell you why this will never, ever happen. Ever.
Private companies increasing supply is supposed to be the goal. But the side effect is basic supply and demand; as the supply increases, demand decreases. When demand decreases, prices fall. When the value of people's homes fall, they go underwater. This leads to a lot of homeowners who were on solid financial footing when they purchased the property suddenly facing financial ruin.
You will never, ever get homeowners to vote in favor of something that will put them in serious financial risk. You will never, ever get landlords, corporate or private, to vote away their primary source of income. And in the medium to long term, you would be putting the financial stability of millions of homeowners at risk if this were to become a thing, along with risking collapsing the housing market entirely via oversupply.
I'm not saying what side is right or wrong, morally, ethically, etc. I'm just pointing out the realities of the situation and what is the most likely result. I don't claim to know what the solution to the problem is, but I do know that this isn't it, and is likely to cause more problems than it solves over the long term.