<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMwanahabari mmoja wa gazeti la The New York Times aliandika hivi: Usimamizi wa kodi hupunguza idadi ya vyumba, huchochea uharibifu wa wamiliki wa nyumba, hufaidi sana wapangaji wa ghorofa ya juu na ya kati, na kuwazuia wajenzi wa nyumba kujenga vyumba vipya.  <response>: A story studies a block in the Lower East Side and concludes that rent control reduces the number of apartments, encourages landlord neglect, disproportionately benefits upper-middle-class renters, and dissuades developers from building new apartments. 