Infinite_Carpenter t1_iu3vs8s wrote on October 28, 2022 at 11:08 AM

Reply to comment by 1600hazenstreet in NYC chief housing officer: The era of YIMBY is here by ToffeeFever

Rent control isn’t the problem. Developers trying to squeeze every last cent out of tenants is the problem.

colourcodedcandy t1_iu49brp wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:14 PM

Keep denying peer reviewed research. Even Brookings disagrees with you. https://www.brookings.edu/research/what-does-economic-evidence-tell-us-about-the-effects-of-rent-control/?amp

CookieSheaButter t1_iu4bhv1 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:31 PM

Rent control is only harmful because the city and state passed zoning laws that had no purpose but to increase congestion (parking) and make larger apartments (density). So we ended up with developers who could only build a limited number of very large units that were expensive af to construct.

If we reversed all of the zoning changes from the 60s we could actually make the rent affordable for everyone.

elizabeth-cooper t1_iu4otku wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:06 PM

It's funny how none of these rent control studies ever look at New York. NYC isn't SF (pop. 815k) or Cambridge (pop. 117K) - those are absolutely inappropriate comparisons and no inferences can be drawn from them regarding a much larger city.