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I feel for the renter, but shouldn't the landlord be able to do whatever they want with their property? Rent is going way up because there aren't enough homes

I feel for the renter, but shouldn't the landlord be able to do whatever they want with their property? Rent is going way up because there aren't enough homes in sf for the amount of people who want to live there. The city is to blame for this problem. Why is sf such a flat city? There should be a lot more tall condo buildings but as I've read it seems the city blocks any structure over 4 stories. Raising rent will cause lots of low income people in sf to have to move. That's not a good thing--but what is the answer here? How do other large cities deal with this problem?

darkstar999 12y ago
> shouldn't the landlord be able to do whatever they want with their property? Not under current SF rent control laws. The issue here is how the landlord is skirting around the law by making space unusable.
- eyeareque 12y ago
  It is the law, but to utilize their property how they see fit they have to use a loop hole. The city is basically making land owners give section 8 rent welfare to tenants, in a bid to keep the city affordable to long time residents during a housing shortage. You'd hope that the city would open up building more high rise housing (high end) to open up more space for the lower end of the community.