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Re:Europe embraces rent controls, a policy that never works by refurb on Friday July 26, 2019 @08:46PM (#20539635)
You’re ignoring history. Rent control resulted in dilapidated buildings being burnt down for insurance money in NYC.
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Re:Europe embraces rent controls, a policy that never works by SiempreViernes on Friday July 26, 2019 @08:53PM (#20539664)
How is a bit of arson a contradiction to the statement that NY isn’t a failed city?
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Re:Europe embraces rent controls, a policy that never works by koolba on Friday July 26, 2019 @09:22PM (#20539787)
The city does not have to totally fail for its housing policies to be a failure.
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