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What do you mean "renters don't have voting rights"?

• dragonwriter 6y ago
  The renters suffering aren’t actual current renters so much as the would-be renters who can’t actually become renters in the City because there are no units available for them to rent. Those people have no voting rights in the City.
  • ahepp 6y ago
    I can't tell if you're serious or not... How can someone say with a straight face that it's unjust people who don't live in a jurisdiction have no say in how it's run?
    • dragonwriter 6y ago
      > How can someone say with a straight face that it's unjust people who don't live in a jurisdiction have no say in how it's run? AFAICT, no one said it was unjust that nonresidents don’t vote in city elections. It was raised as a reason the policy was unlikely to be changed at the city level, because the people adversely effected aren’t voters in the city.
• jonny_eh 6y ago
  How can the thousands of future renters of a new high rise vote before it's been built? The few current home owners have all the power.