Re:Do rent controls work?
by simoncion on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @01:31PM
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> ...like business moving away because their rent
Yeah, that happens in SF. Businesses can no longer afford the latest in a series of rent hikes, they close down, and get replaced with a bar or trendy coffee shop.
> ...would be with the support of a government.
Serious question: Isn't the institution and retention of rabidly anti-development zoning laws government support of what one might call a "natural monopoly"?
Yeah, that happens in SF. Businesses can no longer afford the latest in a series of rent hikes, they close down, and get replaced with a bar or trendy coffee shop.
> ...would be with the support of a government.
Serious question: Isn't the institution and retention of rabidly anti-development zoning laws government support of what one might call a "natural monopoly"?