During a natural disaster, such as a hurricane, the demand for hotel/motel rooms in an area can suddenly surge, driving up the price of a room. If the government enacts price controls (such as anti-gouging rules), what will MOST LIKELY result?

Rooms will be hard or impossible to find.

Explanation: Increase in the demand of commodities above the estimated need or supply will often to price increase which could be attributed to room prices during times of nature disaster when people are in dire need of shelter. However, government intervention through policies which prohibits raising prices above reasonable level at times like this will often lead to hoarding or scarcity of the demanded items or services. In this scenario, anti gouging policies will most likely result in hotels being reluctant to offer their rooms due to the price control hence, leading to scarcity.