Rent Control

[PeachTree]

As a resident of california, i have seen exhorbitant rates for renting appartments, especially recently. I believe a proposition to let local governments expand rent control was put forth to a vote last month that got shot down. How to solve this living crisis??? 3000 a month for a studio is terrible!!!!

[fightinfrenchman]

Build more houses

[PeachTree]

We could.... But theres no land for it

[Gendarme]

Download more land

[Jam]

Stop fighting the fires. Just let it happen.

[deleted_user]

We could.... But theres no land for it

Build up OoO

[deleted_user]

HIGH RISES BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[deleted_user]

except the only affordable apartments are made of wood, so, woops

[momuuu]

Boom bitch, Capitalism strikes again!

[fightinfrenchman]

We could.... But theres no land for it

There's room in the air

Boom bitch, Capitalism strikes again!

Capitalism is when something bad happens

[deleted_user]

But actually building buildings should be getting cheaper because we are building them better. Vertical expansion it is!

[fightinfrenchman]

But actually building buildings should be getting cheaper because we are building them better. Vertical expansion it is!

But what if I would rather pay $4500 a month in rent than live in shade?

[Horsemen]

As a resident of california, i have seen exhorbitant rates for renting appartments, especially recently. I believe a proposition to let local governments expand rent control was put forth to a vote last month that got shot down. How to solve this living crisis??? 3000 a month for a studio is terrible!!!!

3000 a month sounds great for the privilege of living in california

You can always get cheaper rent but you would have to live somewhere remote and boring

[dietschlander]

Involve Dietschman to create moar land out of the sea

[Squamiger]

you dont necessarily have to accept the market rate. in a lot of countries, tenants are organized into councils that bargain collectively with their landlords over the price of rent, much like how a union can collectively bargain for wages. setting up tenant councils in high rent areas like california would be a good step, that wouldnt rely on contesting an election about rent control where the real estate developers had access to about 65 million dollars for their campaign against prop 10.

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