>>942251472
>freezing the rent so landlords can't hike prices
This is the opposite of affordable housing. NYC already has a rent control problem. Here's how it works:
Rent is frozen, has been for 20 years
Landlord can no longer pay for maintenance
The place falls in disrepair
Tenants complain, "this and that isn't working"
"What can I do? I'm already paying out of pocket for the things I do fix"
Building eventually gets condemned.
Now there's fewer places for rent.
Property gets purchased by Blackrock
Complete remodel. Reopens as a redranded luxury apartment
They know it's rent controlled
Rent is now sky-high because they know they will need to maintain it.
"Affordable" no longer exists

This is NYC recent past and still happening today. It's what everyone hates. And here he is saying he's going to do more of it, and you think it's going to make things cheaper? Just like NYC's "free bus" experiment they just had a few years ago, it's a disaster.

There was another experiment you should look in to. Minneapolis vs St. Paul.
St. Paul also went the rent control route while Minneapolis lowered regulations and made it easier to get building permits.
St. Paul had rent prices rise while the number of housing units fell.
Minneapolis had rent fall and more units became available.
NYC's housing future is much worse than St. Paul's and worse than what NYC's is now.