Re:SF YIMBY Platform
by hiphipjorge on Thursday August 18, 2016 @01:27AM
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Any insights into what the YIMBY position is on rent-control? They don't even mention it in their platform, which seems like a big omission (and obviously not accidental).
While I fully support this movement, I do believe rent control has been an effective way of slowing down gentrification and forcing residents out of the area (although there are exceptions to this, of course). As an engineer who should not have rent control but still does I do recognize the system does have its limitations.
While I fully support this movement, I do believe rent control has been an effective way of slowing down gentrification and forcing residents out of the area (although there are exceptions to this, of course). As an engineer who should not have rent control but still does I do recognize the system does have its limitations.