Of course there is an incentive to build housing. Developers build homes and then sell them to people who live in those homes.

Did you miss the part where GP was proposing price controls?

	▲	PaulDavisThe1st 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		In response to what is deemed to be unreasonable and/or undesirable landlord behavior ... such controls would not stop landlords from continuing to earn from their properties.