The very fact that the legal rents are held so far below market rents artificially increases the demand for rental space at the same time as it discourages any increase in supply.

• 法定房租至今一直被控制在远远低于市场价格的水平，这足以使阻碍出租房屋供给的增长，另一方面又人为地增加了对它的需求。