Analyzing a City's Housing Policy
Read the following scenario and answer the question that follows.
A city is experiencing a rapid and sustained increase in demand for rental apartments due to the opening of several large new companies. In the short term, this has caused rental prices to rise sharply. The city council is considering a long-term strategy to address the housing situation by providing subsidies to developers and streamlining the permit process for new apartment buildings.
Analyze the likely long-term effects of this construction-focused policy on the city's rental apartment market. In your analysis, describe the mechanism by which this policy works and its impact on both the quantity of available apartments and the equilibrium rental price.
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