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Re:Average Rent in San Francisco Has Dropped $1k This Year by runarberg on Monday December 28, 2020 @12:47PM (#25561263)
What? rent control drives up rent like minimum wage drives wages down. There is some serious dissonance to the real world here.
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Re:Average Rent in San Francisco Has Dropped $1k This Year by lock-free on Monday December 28, 2020 @02:11PM (#25562174)
The freakonomics podcast had a decent episode about this. They frequently host liberal economic ideas as well, so don't assume the opinions come from some landowner backed think tank.

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/rent-control/

In the real world, places with rent control are the most expensive and have gotten more expensive. It does not help housing prices.

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