The new economic inequality under Reagan created need for rock-bottom housing after a lot was demolished.
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Housing since the 1980s has worsened, yes. But that is not the fault of SF's pro-tenant left. Sorry, no.
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tenant rights aren't the issue. An ultimately self-defeating alliance w NIMBY neighborhood associations is
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If this alleged unholy alliance existed, wouldn't there be more city funding by now for eviction defenSe?
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SF has one of the, if not the strongest, rent control ordinances in the country.
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Re: 1970s errors, a big one was limiting rent control to old housing stock that would diminish with time.
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The genuinely self-defeating yimby/landlord alliance wouldn't be seductive if all rents were stabilized.
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Nobody was building rentals during early 50s rent control. I think you'd get nothing new but condos
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How does SF's experience compare to other rent control cities, e.g. NYC, or pre-1995 Boston/Cambridge?
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nyc has 800 miles of subway line, it's mostly "as of right", property tax abatements to support low income
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housing (which is illegal under prop 13 in California)
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