Finding a new apartment to rent can be a slog. And with over half of US renters already paying more than 30% of their income — the standard threshold — it is clear there’s an affordability crisis.
um actually rent control (alone) historically has made housing worse, reduced housing quality, and raised prices 🤓🤓🤓
That’s if you mean price capping by “rent control,” if there is anything else, I don’t have anything to say about any other type of rent control, as I don’t know much about those.
Every rent control argument I have seen involves specific neighborhoods that are rent controlled. If you apply it universally, those problems would not be an issue.
All you have to do is peg a price cap to inflation.
um actually rent control (alone) historically has made housing worse, reduced housing quality, and raised prices 🤓🤓🤓
That’s if you mean price capping by “rent control,” if there is anything else, I don’t have anything to say about any other type of rent control, as I don’t know much about those.
Every rent control argument I have seen involves specific neighborhoods that are rent controlled. If you apply it universally, those problems would not be an issue.
All you have to do is peg a price cap to inflation.
Virgin California rent control vs Chad New York rent control