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Funktownajin t1_j9hsi0c wrote

Reply to comment by sagmag in The harms of gentrification | The exclusion of poorer people from their own neighbourhoods is not just a social problem but a philosophical one by ADefiniteDescription

However, there's nothing you can do about them.

Sounds like you've thought of nothing and you're all out of ideas . There's quite a few things that can be done, most prominently rent control. I'm not sure how you figured that out...

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ArticDweller t1_j9ii4ib wrote

Rent control is a tried and tested way to cause failure in a housing market and stagnate urban areas

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Funktownajin t1_j9ik3f5 wrote

Rent control keeps vulnerable people from being displaced, which is the issue with gentrification. What causes housing market failure and urban stagnation isn't primarily rent control, it's a bunch of other policies that stem from the days of segregation and zoning laws to prevent changes to neighborhoods.

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ArticDweller t1_j9ikwgj wrote

I agree with you that zoning laws are heinous. I disagree with you on rent control, there’s a reason market economies work and it’d be pretty weird if they didn’t work for this one thing. Price controls cause shortages, full stop.

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subzero112001 t1_j9i6rhk wrote

> There's quite a few things that can be done, most prominently rent control.

How vague and simultaneously useless. Good job thinking of "ideas".

People want equality and equity while ignoring the fact that everyone isn't the same. And no matter how hard you try, you'll never get equal results. If you give people freedom, they'll segregate themselves into different castes over time.

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Funktownajin t1_j9i8ue7 wrote

They use rent control in lots of places to avoid mass evictions genius, it is in fact a big deal.

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subzero112001 t1_j9igbfd wrote

You do realize that if a landlord cannot increase rent to match inflation, then the landlord will be unable to fix anything wrong with the residence right?

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Funktownajin t1_j9igjow wrote

Man i think you can answer your own question here, do your own research on rent control. And yes i saw you wrote a whole different response, deleted it and rewrote it. This new response isn't any better....

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subzero112001 t1_j9jodow wrote

Good job not answering the question.

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Funktownajin t1_j9jriy4 wrote

rent control doesn't mean not being able to fix anything, the question was loaded hyperbole from the beginning. So you need to do your own research.

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subzero112001 t1_j9nbm0m wrote

Why do you keep responding if you're not gonna answer the question?

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Funktownajin t1_j9p0sh8 wrote

I just did answer your question, it wasn't much of a question though...just hyperbole, like i said.

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subzero112001 t1_j9rx6nb wrote

A "Yes it is, not it's not" retort does not constitute as answering the question. Again, why do you keep responding if you're not gonna answer the question?

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Funktownajin t1_j9rxig0 wrote

The question had a false premise, are you really this stupid that you can't read or reason?

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subzero112001 t1_j9y34cc wrote

Well if you’re not gonna answer the question you should probably stop responding.

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Mparker15 t1_j9jmd7f wrote

This sub is not very open minded for being into philosophy. Some people can't comprehend any level of decommodifying housing even with real world examples like Austria's long running public housing strategy.

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