Convince the state do forgo the "fair market prices" and allow no rent prices be higher that 20% of the lowest wage locally (so each town would have to evaluate what the highest rent could be). There's no reason some small town I the middle of nowhere should have rents starting at $2000 with nothing included when the highest you can earn locally is like $13.80 (or whatever minimum wage is now).

Never will happen, but it'd be nice.