Rent control is very popular in the US, in the places that have it. For example, the City of West Hollywood was incorporated primarily to preserve rent control. It's the places that don't have rent control where people oppose it.

There are price controls on all kinds of things that you would never imagine. Most agricultural commodities are price controlled by the federal government. California has price controls on milk. Utilities like electricity and cable TV are price controlled throughout the nation. Laws in several states banning credit card surcharges are also a form of price control.