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> It should be self-evidently a bad thing that a small number of people benefit from artificially low prices 1. Nothing artificial about it. 2. Just expand th
by einpoklum 4y ago
> It should be self-evidently a bad thing that a small number of people benefit from artificially low prices
1. Nothing artificial about it.
2. Just expand the fraction of rent control and more people will enjoy it.
3. If X% of renters are in rent-control apartments, they don't contend with us on non-rent-controlled properties. That's not a huge effect but it's _an_ effect.
4. "My landlord also loses money" - ok, I call BS. Either you're not a renter or you have some other kind of ulterior motive. Your landlord makes money off of you, and is not renting out as a form of charity; plus, they're already rich, owning (most likely) their own accommodation and the apartment they rent out to you.