# UPDATE: Rent Control Fails Again, Politicians Learn Nothing Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/update-rent-control-fails-again-politicians-learn-nothing Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/update-rent-control-fails-again-politicians-learn-nothing.md Podcast: [John Stossel on Odysee](https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553) Published: 2026-09-01T11:30:22+00:00 Episode link: https://odysee.com/update-rent-control-fails-again%2C:e1f4c627ee7efd4522131be9e786d4f12a2ead2a Audio file: https://odysee.com/$/rss/media/update-rent-control-fails-again%2C/e1f4c627ee7efd4522131be9e786d4f12a2ead2a/892a4a.mp4 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/episodes/update-rent-control-fails-again-politicians-learn-nothing Duration seconds: 494 ## Resource A few years ago, St Paul, Minnesota passed the strictest rent control in the country. Politicians promised it would "end profiteering." Activists cheered. Here's what really happened. --------------------- To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form --------------------- "This is such a step backwards," economist Salim Furth of the Mercatus Center told me when the law passed, β€œit's going to hurt renters!” He was right. Developers fled. New construction fell. Now residents complain, "The lack of housing... it's a crisis." The mayor who once supported the law had second thoughts. Now, St Paul's city council has voted to loosen the law. I'd think other politicians would learn from St Paul's failure. But no, my socialist mayor just froze rent on a million apartments in New York City! Above, we cover how rent control failed in St Paul, and why New York will be next. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ-fFbdf9hw ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/episodes/update-rent-control-fails-again-politicians-learn-nothing/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/update-rent-control-fails-again-politicians-learn-nothing.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.