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A comment on The Scourge of Rent Control.

Re:The Scourge of Rent Control by legitster on Thursday September 08, 2022 @02:40PM (#32770043)
It's almost irrelevant that rent control hurts more than it helps - it's very politically stable policy.

The beneficiaries are always people who live and vote in the district. People hurt by rent control leave or never show up in the first place.

So barring occasional noble minded YIMBY efforts, once rent control is in effect no one ever has any incentive to change it.

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Re:The Scourge of Rent Control by Octoth0rpe on Thursday September 08, 2022 @03:12PM (#32770550)
> So barring occasional noble minded YIMBY efforts, once rent control is in effect no one ever has any incentive to change it.

Landlords who want to raise rents might. However renters outnumber landlords, but perhaps not out-donate them.

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