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"I'd like to move out of my rent-controlled apartment in Spandau because my job is in Eberswalde, but I don't want to walk away from this rate."

• vkou 6y ago
  For every one person in that situation, there are nine who can't move out of their rent-controlled apartment, not because they don't want to walk away from their rate, but because they can't afford to. Well-off-techies who somehow stumbled into both getting a grandfathered rent controlled rate, and a job in the next city over might be a majority of posters on HN[1], but are a tiny minority of the population. You probably shouldn't be basing overall public policy around them. [1] I personally think it's unlikely.
  • nitrogen 6y ago
    When there's more movement in a market, it's easier for supply to increase and prices to stabilize.
  • edbob 6y ago
    > For every one person in that situation, there are nine who can't I'd be interested to know the actual numbers, but I doubt they happen to be 90%.
• anoncake 6y ago
  That could happen if the Mietendeckel is made permanent and the Abgeordnetenhaus refuses to do its job and adjust it as necessary for a few decades. In reality, your strawman is not realistic.