Complex sentence: Such policies are argued for on the basis of a housing shortage, protection for the poor, controls combat inflation, they stabilize the economic characteristics of a city's population, provide benefits for minorities, prevent rent gouging, and improves the quality of housing.
Split into simpler sentences: Such policies are argued for on the basis of a housing shortage and protection for the poor. Rent controls combat inflation, they stabilize the economic characteristics of a city's population, provide benefits for minorities, prevent rent gouging, and improve the quality of housing.