Re:Hundreds demonstrate against high rents in Zurich
by strohwueste on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:28PM
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How does it suffer to make it illegal to charge 10% more or less than the average for comparable housing? It seems to make it more stable and less volatile.
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Re:Hundreds demonstrate against high rents in Zurich
by mcntsh on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:33PM
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Go look up the Mietenspiegel price for your flat in your neighborhood, then pop open Immoscout and try and find one for that price.
Price controls = supply shortages. Basic principal of market economics.
Re:Hundreds demonstrate against high rents in Zurich
by strohwueste on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:42PM
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But how does the market suffer from that? It implies that the Mietenspiegel is a bad policy. It only protects from price gauging or price dumping. If you are living in Berlin I would highly recommend looking up if you're paying too much.