> Which was what I said without the examples: as long as your freedoms don't take away from the freedom of others. One could argue that living somewhere is a f

> Which was what I said without the examples: as long as your freedoms don't take away from the freedom of others. One could argue that living somewhere is a fundamental freedom. In a situation like this, when there are no places to rent, trying to force the empty ones to be available for rent is a way to ensure that fundamental freedom. The government -- in normal places, we are not talking Trump here -- is carefully evaluating the limitation of rights vs the freedom of others and they found this a good idea. Once again: if the voters disagree, they can protest and vote.