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Re:Stanford paper says rent control is driving up cost of ho... by ddebernardy on Monday January 08, 2018 @05:00PM (#16101092)
So... in other words, what you're missing is a punitive tax on vacant property, as an incentive to rent asap - at any price.
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Re:Stanford paper says rent control is driving up cost of ho... by cjalmeida on Monday January 08, 2018 @06:01PM (#16101699)
Keep adding obligations to landlords to the point no one wants to be one. Then, if you can't, for any reason, secure a mortgage your only alternative is homeless. Sounds like a good idea.
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Re:Stanford paper says rent control is driving up cost of ho... by mhuffman on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @03:40AM (#16104535)
Real estate, by multiple measures, is the most profitable industry in the US private sector. It is heavily taxed and regulated because it is a money-printing machine. We are not in danger of there being no landlords.

[1] https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/03/29/2157698/ranking-ameri...

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