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So, you're actually in favor of higher rents. Why not mandate rent increases?

• llampx 7y ago
  This is silly. Your counter-argument is basically also meddling in the market.
  • fzeroracer 7y ago
    There is no such thing as not meddling in the market, because people that move to cities will work to enact policies to ensure that they can continue to either live in those cities or grow their own property value. In SF it swung hard in favor of landlords with the outcome of it being unaffordable for tenants and anyone except the ultra rich. Berlin seems to be swinging in the opposite direction and is attempting to fix things for tenants. And realistically, anyone not taking action to secure their home or investment would be considered an irrational actor by any free market standard.
  • nerfhammer 7y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum