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It isn't so much an argument against it, but rather an acknowledgement that it is problematic if not coupled to very strong social housing provision.
by inflatableDodo 7y ago
It isn't so much an argument against it, but rather an acknowledgement that it is problematic if not coupled to very strong social housing provision.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoRent controlling part of the market is so thoroughly considered a failure that it's in economics textbooks. Rent controlling all of the market is a failure to the point where it's in history textbooks. The rent problem is a de-facto blocker for UBI
- alexgmcm 7y agoSocial housing provision means the government building/renovating loads of houses though - not rent control.
- inflatableDodo 7y agoLots of things are in economics textbooks that are not neccesarily worth the paper they are written on. Here's an article on the German method of rent control in the Financial Times, 'German rent control works for both landlords and tenants' - https://www.ft.com/content/efe1f74c-3c1d-11e9-9988-28303f70fcff https://www.ft.com/content/efe1f74c-3c1d-11e9-9988-28303f70f... Also, social housing is not the same as rent control. Around 20% of the housing stock in Denmark is social housing - https://urbanlifecopenhagen.weebly.com/housing.html https://urbanlifecopenhagen.weebly.com/housing.html