Re:Rent control will make housing shortages worse?
by urthen on Friday September 20, 2019 @11:41AM
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Well I'm golly sure glad you were around to alert people of this! Renters being priced out just need to buy the multi-million dollar properties they could barely afford to rent in the first place! Who would have thought of this one weird trick if not for you?
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Re:Rent control will make housing shortages worse?
by robbiemitchell on Friday September 20, 2019 @11:38PM
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It should be easier to (a) buy a home and (b) rent somewhere else but still commute to a job. We probably agree on that.
But that doesn’t change the fact that renting is fundamentally unstable, and a short-term contract comes with risks. You seem focused on shooting the messenger.
Re:Rent control will make housing shortages worse?
by davidgay on Saturday September 21, 2019 @12:27AM
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I'm reminded of this thread from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21021709
The relevant issue: Switzerland has rent control (and has had it for a long time). So if it's tenable position for the 2nd richest nation (and has been for a long time), it does suggest that renting being "fundamentally unstable" is not a requirement.