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It seems to me that someone with a rent controlled flat doesn't really have to worry whether low cost flats or high cost flats are build in his neighborhood. Why does a luxury flat produce a problem for someone with a rent controlled flat?
The neighbors are now different; this will change the character of the neighborhood, partially by changing what shops are profitable and partly just by changing who is around to interact with.
The new neighbors vote, and probably have different political preferences. Among other things, they are unlikely to be sympathetic to rent control.
If every apartment in a region is required to be cheap, then there is no value for the landlord in trying to be tricky. If some apartments are cheap and some and expensive, there is value for the landlord in trying to turn cheap apartments into expensive apartments, possibly by driving out the current tenants to get around the rent control laws.
I'm sure there are more that I've missed; I'm not even touching on the moral intuitions around high prices.
If there are few apartments on the market because some people do move and high demand those apartments will fetch high prices.