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Re:More Cities Are Making It Illegal to Hand Out Food to the... by dllthomas on Thursday October 23, 2014 @07:48PM (#8501367)
If there was no rent control, and all renters were feeling the pressure of the price increase, there would be significantly more political support for allowing more and denser construction.
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Re:More Cities Are Making It Illegal to Hand Out Food to the... by sedachv on Sunday November 02, 2014 @11:56PM (#8549378)
Or higher rent prices would drive property values up, causing existing owners of real estate capital to deploy their capital to lobby for protectionist zoning. Which is what is mostly seems to be happening.
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