Regulation of Rental Housing Market Becomes Necessary

Market regulation has become the constant refrain of officials in recent years. 
In principle, when government officials realize that factors involved in supply and demand are not in the best interest of society, they try to streamline them through intervention, said Nasser Zakeri, an economic analyst, in an article for the Persian daily Shargh. A translation of the text follows:
The purpose of market regulation is, purportedly, controlling price growth, preventing shortages, reducing pressure on low-income households and, in general, winning over citizens.