Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents

Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by vkou on Thursday March 19, 2026 @05:47AM (#47436926)

> You have imaginary rules about who should be protected in a city (based on seniority??)

Rent control is not imaginary (Any more than any other rules are), and yes, that is exactly how it functions, for the purpose that I have described.

It advantages senior occupants (Who are grandfathered into controlled rates), at the expense of junior ones, or ones who don't live there yet (Who are presented with inflated rates, for obvious economic reasons).

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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by TurdF3rguson on Thursday March 19, 2026 @08:01PM (#47448331)

There is no duty of cities to protect residents from "domestic migration". This exists entirely in your head.

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Re:Austin's Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents by vkou on Thursday March 19, 2026 @09:51PM (#47449401)

There's no duty of cities to do anything, yet they choose to do quite a bit. Some of them choose to have rent control.

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