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I think one of the biggest advantages of the proposed laws is freeing up rent controlled units that are currently be hoarded for Airbnb and not being used as pr
by dsl 12y ago
I think one of the biggest advantages of the proposed laws is freeing up rent controlled units that are currently be hoarded for Airbnb and not being used as primary residences.
- cwyers 12y agoThat seems like a dubious benefit to me. So we pass all these regulations (rent control) that end up leading to inadequate market supply. The solution to this is to... pass laws leading to inadequate market supply in temporary lodging?
- untog 12y agoThere is not one single 'supply' here. There is a supply of permanent housing, and a supply of temporary lodging. Rent control was passed to ensure an affordable supply of the former, not the latter.
- malyk 12y agoHow many units are we talking about here? 10? 100? 1000? 10000? I doubt it's more than a couple hundred. That's a lot of people who can't find good housing for sure, but I doubt it's enough to have any real impact on the price of rental housing in the city.