I saw a documentary that spoke to some Twump (sic) supporters who lived in a shithole building that they didn't realize was owned by the Kushners. I can't recall anything else about it that might help identify it.

They're not generally cartoonish evil, I'm sure they agree that some tenant protections against sudden eviction are a good thing, and allowing unlimited rent hikes completely obliterates all that.

this is why they are always supportive of “small government” it’s just a dog whistle for unregulated market.

A "dog whistle" is something disguising the true message, while there's no attempt to hide it here.

(I am in support of an unregulated market, but also of trade unions and consumer unions and anarcho-syndicalism, which are natural parts of it)

I think last year's inflation spike demonstrates that "2.5% per year regardless of your carrying costs or maintenance costs changing due to interest rates and inflation" is not modest. A reasonable rent control policy would let landlords gradually adapt to market realities without giving them the power to gouge or de-facto evict tenants with sudden rent spikes.