YES:

Of course rent control is a terrible idea — but that's the plan here. When landlords abandon unprofitable buildings, the city, or more likely affiliated NGOs, will wrest control of them. The DSA will have a big political war chest from being a slumlord. https://t.co/k9T0V0Xd5K

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) June 26, 2026

I noticed something similar a few weeks back:

So the first step is to incentivize neglect via rent control. A few steps later, you "transfer ownership" to your cronies. And then you're just a couple more steps away from "some animals are more equal than others." https://t.co/1L2sjKgRml

— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) May 26, 2026

It’s a neat trick, getting the proles to finance their own oppressors.