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> People who disagree with rent control largely disagree with the goals, which is to keep existing residents where they are. You could also phrase that as maki
by jupp0r 7y ago
> People who disagree with rent control largely disagree with the goals, which is to keep existing residents where they are.
You could also phrase that as making it hard for people to move in, making it hard for young families to stay in their neighborhood when their housing needs increase, making it hard for older people to downsize. It's really benefitting the residents who are lucky enough to already be in an apartment of the size they need, at the cost of everybody else.
- bobthepanda 7y agoI'm not disputing that those things happen, but those are second-order effects which nobody advocating really cares about at the time of creation of regulation, they're certainly not maliciously advocating for any of that (at least the latter two points).