Effectiveness and impact on the supply of rent control in Catalonia

Summary of the main results of the research work ‘Effectiveness and supply effects of high-coverage rent control policies’, prepared by the economists Jordi Jofre, Rodrigo Martínez and Mariona Segú, and published in February 2022 at the Barcelona Institute of Economics. The work evaluates the effect of Law 11/2020, of September 18, approved by the Parliament of Catalonia, on urgent measures regarding income withholding in housing lease contracts from two aspects: the evolution of the prices and volume of rental homes on offer.