Original sentence: There is a consensus among economists that rent control reduces the quality and quantity of housing
Edited sentence: Although it has been suggested that rent control may have undesirable effects on house stock, researchers have shown using nonlinear dynamics models that "well-designed rent control may help policymakers to stabilize housing market dynamics, even without creating housing market distortions".. In 2019, another model, developed by researchers of the University of British Columbia, shows that expansion of rent control and traditional housing policies leads to greater access to affordable housing and increases well-being.Some opinion-based surveys claim that economists surveyed disagree that rent control has had a positive impact on the amount and quality of broadly affordable rental housing in cities in recent decades.This model was calibrated to the New York metropolitan area and targets key features of the data, including the relative size of Manhattan versus the rest of the metropolitan area (MSA), the income distribution in the New York MSA, observed commuting times and costs, the housing supply elasticity, current zoning laws, the current size and scope of the affordable housing system, and the current federal, state, and local taxand-transfer system