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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by solatic on Thursday March 19, 2026 @02:15AM (#47435591)
> 'adversarial tenant/landlord' is that the theory doesn't line up with reality

So disconnected from reality that it beggars belief.

Anytime you put two or more adult people into a relationship together and at least one person feels like they do not have the option to leave if things get bad (e.g. landlord feels like the tenant is wrecking the property but has no right to evict, tenant feels like landlord is not taking care of maintenance but feels pressured to stay due to artificially low rent), the result is toxic suffering.

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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by fyredge on Thursday March 19, 2026 @05:41AM (#47436893)
Why is right to evict tied to rent control? Seems irrelevant

"Pressure to stay" can certainly be alleviated, rent control all properties. Half measures do not necessarily solve half the problem.

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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by solatic on Thursday March 19, 2026 @08:57AM (#47438610)
Rent control is literally the removal of the right to evict a tenant who refuses the otherwise-uncontrolled rent increase you request. The inability to evict them for refusing the rent increase is what de-facto keeps the rent from increasing beyond its controlled limit.
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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by fyredge on Friday March 20, 2026 @11:17AM (#47455838)
Oh, I get that, but what's stopping the landlord from evicting someone who damages their property? Or if the landlord no longer wants to rent and wants to live in it themselves?
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