Huh? Give one example of a working transfer of the rent controlled apartment from one jurisdiction to another.
Even if there was rent control both places, you'd have to find a rent controlled apartment in the new place. And in reality, you can't, because nobody is willing to leave their rent controlled apartments in the next place either.
Indeed, every apartment in Mountain View is rent controlled by municipal ordinance. But it only applies to increases on existing tenancies; when someone moves out, the landlord can charge whatever they want to the new tenants.
Pure lotto to get a rent controlled building. The whole problem with rent control, is there is always a limited supply and you can't use dollars to vote where more supply should be made. Market forces determine where new construction should go cause its profitable to do so. Otherwise you just have to hope you can get a house and if you can't you are out of luck
