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You can't regulate forcing landlords taking in other people's animals against their will. They'll find other ways to reject tenants with animals if the market i
by ChuckNorris89 3y ago
You can't regulate forcing landlords taking in other people's animals against their will. They'll find other ways to reject tenants with animals if the market is in their flavor from having a high demand from people without animals.
You don't fix a broken real estate market with not enough supply, by adding more regulations on top (try moving in Berlin right now, see how regulations "help" you the tenant trying to rent something), you fix it by building enough supply such that the market becomes in their flavor that most people can afford to buy their own home where they can keep as many animals as they want, turn it into a zoo if they want.
- foldr 3y agoI'm all in favour of increasing supply. The issue of pets that you've picked up on seems a minor one, in all honesty. I was thinking more generally about any increased costs for landlords resulting from these reforms. I rent in London, so Berlin doesn't really work for me as a comparison case. I'm sure it has its issues too, but it's not obviously worse. If someone were to ask me rhetorically "would you like the rental market in London to end up like the rental market in Berlin?" then I'd probably respond "err, yeah, probably".
- ChuckNorris89 3y agoLondon housing issues: there's supply but it's very expensive Berlin housing issues: it's not too expensive but there's zero supply because of rent control So which is best? Or, the least worst.