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Re:In Oakland, a Sign of Some Very High Times by dllthomas on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @01:40AM (#8486082)
Most of those people aren't starting to rent a place now. Someone I know moved to SF about 7 years ago. If he were to move, rent for something comparable is more than 2x what he's paying.
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Re:In Oakland, a Sign of Some Very High Times by eru on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @01:54AM (#8486117)
Why don't their landlords do anything about this shortfall?
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Re:In Oakland, a Sign of Some Very High Times by jayunit on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @02:05AM (#8486141)
http://www.sftu.org/rentcontrol.html
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Re:In Oakland, a Sign of Some Very High Times by dllthomas on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @10:18AM (#8487433)
I don't understand what you're objecting to. Rent control is indeed the reason the person I was discussing has only had their rent rise with CPI.
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Re:In Oakland, a Sign of Some Very High Times by klipt on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @02:10AM (#8486154)
San Francisco has excellent (for long term tenants) rent control.
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Re:In Oakland, a Sign of Some Very High Times by eru on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @07:11PM (#8490699)
Thanks for the information!

I guess that leads to `excellent' non-upgrading of houses that have long term tenants in them.

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Re:In Oakland, a Sign of Some Very High Times by dllthomas on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @10:23PM (#8491246)
I think "strong rent control" is the uncontroversial phrasing.
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Re:In Oakland, a Sign of Some Very High Times by klipt on Saturday October 25, 2014 @03:00PM (#8509013)
If the owner refuses to do maintenance, you can stop paying rent altogether until they do it.
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Re:In Oakland, a Sign of Some Very High Times by eru on Sunday October 26, 2014 @07:27PM (#8512939)
Yes. But they won't upgrade anything.
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Re:In Oakland, a Sign of Some Very High Times by klipt on Sunday November 02, 2014 @04:57AM (#8546190)
If you're not paying rent, you can probably afford to upgrade it yourself...
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