Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents
by Capricorn2481 on Thursday March 19, 2026 @12:59AM
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That's a pretty generous interpretation that requires you to believe rent control and building housing are diametrically opposed to each other.
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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents
by hunterpayne on Thursday March 19, 2026 @01:44AM
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rent control dramatically decreases the incentives to build and in many cases makes it impossible (read uneconomic) to do so
Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents
by aiisjustanif on Friday March 20, 2026 @05:31PM
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Blanket statements like this is the point of many of the above replies, it’s not a true statement with evidence. All rent control does not reduce the number of rentals, “more restrictive rent control”[1] [2] does. These nuances are important in the conversation.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105113772...