No rent control = housing boom and lowered prices?

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Saw this post on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAjCAJYusg6/?igsh=djRsOGh3ZzhyY2Zr ) which claims that the removal of rent control in Buenos Aires led to an increase in available housing and a decrease in housing prices which seems counter-intuitive to me.

Is the increase in availability due to landlords raising the rent and forcing existing renters out ( thus more availability)? But how then are the prices of these places somehow lower?

What am I missing?

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Property owners may be unwilling to rent at all under rent control policies. Revoking these policies lowers risk for the property owners and they are more willing to put more units on the rental market.

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