@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.world • 2 months agoBiden to call for 5% cap on annual rent increases, as he tries to show plans to tame inflationapnews.commessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1324cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1324external-linkBiden to call for 5% cap on annual rent increases, as he tries to show plans to tame inflationapnews.com@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.world • 2 months agomessage-square69fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoSo housing isnt affordable as it is, and this dumb fuck thinks capping unaffordable rent is gonna help?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoWhy are you down voting this guy? He’s right. Yikes
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoMany of them dont like hearing their candidate is a reflection of the people they claim to hate
minus-square@[email protected]Mlinkfedilink3•2 months agoIt’s actually worse than that… we capped rents in Oregon and it made things worse. Here’s the problem… If you cap rent increases at 5% per year, there’s no incentive to do anything less than the maximum increase.
So housing isnt affordable as it is, and this dumb fuck thinks capping unaffordable rent is gonna help?
Why are you down voting this guy? He’s right. Yikes
Many of them dont like hearing their candidate is a reflection of the people they claim to hate
Removed by mod
Ad Hominem much?
Removed, civility.
It’s actually worse than that… we capped rents in Oregon and it made things worse.
Here’s the problem… If you cap rent increases at 5% per year, there’s no incentive to do anything less than the maximum increase.