say it with me:
BUILDING
APARTMENTS
WITHOUT
CONTROLS
ON
THE
RENTS
OF
THOSE
APARTMENTS
ONLY
ENRICHES
DEVELOPERS
AND
DOES
NOT
DRIVE
DOWN
RENTS
thinking that it does is some neolib "free market" bullshit
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Replying to @ScubaForDogs
hi im a housing economist and this tweet is insane
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Replying to @eigenrobot
hi I'm a machinist and I expect my government to regulate out of control markets that are hurting people, even if it makes rich people slightly less rich
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Replying to @ScubaForDogs
i agree that housing costs are much higher than they need to be and share your stated goal of fixing this problem i am only suggesting that your proposed solution will not lead to the end you desire and in fact will backfire Spectacularly, and poor people will bear the cost
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doing the opposite hasn't exactly served us well, forgive me if I disregard conventional wisdom here, because it seems to be constructed entirely to maintain a status quo that is unbearable to the lower 1/3rd or so of the economy
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Replying to @ScubaForDogs
totally--it's awful! and I shout my lungs out about it daily the take from my angle is not: landlords greedy vs not, take greed as a constant over time and judge as you like but house prices are skyrocketing mostly because it's nigh-impossible to build more housing where needed
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it's true that construction firms and similar will gain if regulations are relaxed to let them Build and Build and Build near city centers where there's a lot of housing demand but in this case it's a win-win game, because increased housing stock is what lets prices fall long
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Replying to @eigenrobot @ScubaForDogs
. . . term. honestly, if you want to settle on a villain, your best bet is probably the forces that prevent dense building in areas where people want to live; these are mostly middle to upper middle class bougies in single family neighborhoods
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