SAT Reading & Writing · Cross-Text Connections
**Text 1** Advocates of rent control policies argue that limiting how much landlords can raise rent protects existing tenants from being…
**Text 1**
Advocates of rent control policies argue that limiting how much landlords can raise rent protects existing tenants from being priced out of their homes by sharp, sudden rent increases.
**Text 2**
Economists studying cities with strict rent control policies have found evidence that such controls can reduce the overall supply of rental housing over time, as landlords convert units to other uses, which in turn can raise rents for people searching for a new place to live who are not already protected tenants.
Based on the texts, which statement best characterizes the relationship between the findings in Text 1 and Text 2?
Advocates of rent control policies argue that limiting how much landlords can raise rent protects existing tenants from being priced out of their homes by sharp, sudden rent increases.
**Text 2**
Economists studying cities with strict rent control policies have found evidence that such controls can reduce the overall supply of rental housing over time, as landlords convert units to other uses, which in turn can raise rents for people searching for a new place to live who are not already protected tenants.
Based on the texts, which statement best characterizes the relationship between the findings in Text 1 and Text 2?
Answer and explanation
Answer: B: The policy can protect existing, incumbent tenants while simultaneously creating disadvantages for a different group, people seeking new rental housing, meaning the two texts describe different…
Text 2 doesn't dispute that rent control protects existing tenants; it identifies a different population, prospective renters, who can be disadvantaged by the same policy's supply effects. B captures this distinction between affected groups precisely, avoiding treating the texts as a simple contradiction. A overstates Text 2 into a denial of any benefit, which it doesn't claim. C misreads two clearly connected discussions of the same policy. D overstates Text 2 into a uniform claim about all renters it doesn't make.
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