It should not be for government to say.
Having been, as a young man, rent-jacked out of an apartment though, certainly can see why renters want these kind of laws.
It is textbook fascism. Always has been. So is the minimum wage. When the government inserts itself between two parties of a contract, forcing the terms of the agreement, that is one of the attributes of fascism.
Had an apartment sold out from underneath me also as a young man.
Pretty painless at the time, as I had little and could easily move. However others in my building did not have that option (larger families).