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I intended 'prevent' to mean, you know, prevent, which is pure bullshit, given that all rent control laws explicitly allow maintenance increases. I'm obviously
by calambrac 18y ago
I intended 'prevent' to mean, you know, prevent, which is pure bullshit, given that all rent control laws explicitly allow maintenance increases. I'm obviously aware that it still creates the disincentive, seeing as how I pointed it out the very next sentence.
Eviction is the alternative to rent control in the cases where rent control matters - if the tenant can't afford market rates, then they get evicted.
- sokoloff 18y agoOr, in hopefully more common cases, they do the responsible thing and move out themselves at the end of the lease term, without going through the legal process of eviction.
- calambrac 18y agoOkay, fine. They still get displaced.
- DabAsteroid 18y agoEviction is the alternative to rent control in the cases where rent control matters - if the tenant can't afford market rates, then they get evicted. If you "can't afford" a $1,000 computer, do you go without a computer?