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Re:New Yorkers Never Came ‘Flooding Back.’ Why Did Rents Go Up? by josephcsible on Saturday January 28, 2023 @02:15AM (#34555855)
> “warehousing,” the practice by which landlords keep unrented apartments off the market to create artificial scarcity

Seems like a good argument in favor of Georgism.

> their warehoused apartments are in such poor shape that it would be impossible to recoup the cost of necessary repairs at rent-stabilized prices, so they’re holding them vacant until Albany repeals the law.

That law should definitely be repealed too, though.

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