Friendly reminder: these vacancies are caused by lack of demand not rent control. Rent control doesn't apply to these 5.6M vacancies, and anyone with even the

Friendly reminder: these vacancies are caused by lack of demand not rent control. Rent control doesn't apply to these 5.6M vacancies, and anyone with even the most basic common sense would say "huh, I know housing prices are skyrocketing, so why would there be this many vacant properties" and read the article rather than just making up anti-government buzzword bingo. Additional friendly reminder: every rent control law, no matter how badly written, was instituted in response to price gouging by property owners.