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Well, for the people who have a tent controlled apartment it's certainly not terrible for controlling cost. Be more specific.

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• withdavidli 10y ago
  They were specific to the situation you mentioned. >because people in rent control places will not leave. What kind of details are you looking for here? That they don't leave because it's likely the lowest possible they would be able to find, and that the tenants would be increasing their cost otherwise.
  • simooooo 10y ago
    Wouldn't another apartment they might move to also be rent controlled?
    • withdavidli 10y ago
      that's if there is one open. argument made is that people that have rent controlled apartments don't leave for economic reasons. this would mean it lessens the supply of rent controlled apartment in the area. the competition for a place is high in the bay area, so even if they find and apply for an apartment doesn't mean they'll get it. my personal situation is worse due to me finding rooms instead of entire apartments. lived in 4-5 different places in last 4 years. I would get a response rate of ~5% from craiglist when looking in SF, percentage better in the peninsula. Usually competing against 10+ people viable applicants each time.