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Graphical Representation of the Rental Market with Rent Control
A graphical model of the rental housing market plots the number of apartments on the horizontal axis against the monthly rental price (p) on the vertical axis, with coordinates expressed as (number of apartments, price). The market is depicted using a straight, upward-sloping supply curve and a straight, downward-sloping demand curve. Their intersection at point G (x0, p0) marks the market equilibrium. A rent control price is shown as pR, and the point (xR, pR) on the supply curve indicates the reduced quantity of apartments offered at this regulated price.
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