A Ceiling on Your Home (1945)

★★★★★ · "Ceiling on Your Home" does a good job · ERD · 2006-03-07

This 1945 film does a good job explaining about the purpose of rent control after World War II. Ecellent narrative script and filming.

★★★ · No Rentals Today, But Keep in Touch! · Christine Hennig · 2003-12-09

This post-WWII film advocates rent control as a way to control inflation as a result of the post-war housing shortage. It portrays young couples struggling to find a decent place to live and start their families, and finding No Rentals signs everywhere. This is an interesting slice of life from the post-WWII era, before the problem would be eventually solved by huge housing developments in the suburbs. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: **. Weirdness: **. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ***.

★ · Very important because it shows the flaws of rent control · bartscott57 · 2007-03-20

Notice how nobody could find a home? That's what happens when you fix the price too low. Demand will always exceed supply whenever the price is fixed However, this movie is still National Socialist propaganda. Sadly, the government wouldn't have ever needed to do that if they hadn't counterfeited money (which is more widely referred to as inflation). In fact, price controls after World War II created the Health Care problem because employers offered health insurance as a benefit to get around the maximum price (usually called maximum wage). Health Care costs skyrocketed thanks to excessive…