> Rent control is more than an economic issue, it's a class and moral issue. Why should only people with the means to buy property have the ability to live a stable life? Imagine if your child had to change schools every year because your one of the overwhelming number of people who cannot absorb rent increases.
Rent control is more than an economic issue, it's a class and moral issue. Why should someone pay less rent simply based on when they originally moved into the apartment? Imagine if you are a poor immigrant just moving to the city and having to pay market rate while reasonably well off people get to pay a rate that made sense 5 years ago.
I personally have zero or negative sympathy for people paying lower rates than everyone else while simultaneously crying proverty and getting all puffy about the possibility of their rent going up. If you can't handle the price of the city, no one put a gun to your head and forced you to move here.
Rent control is more than an economic issue, it's a class and moral issue. Why should someone pay less rent simply based on when they originally moved into the apartment? Imagine if you are a poor immigrant just moving to the city and having to pay market rate while reasonably well off people get to pay a rate that made sense 5 years ago.
I personally have zero or negative sympathy for people paying lower rates than everyone else while simultaneously crying proverty and getting all puffy about the possibility of their rent going up. If you can't handle the price of the city, no one put a gun to your head and forced you to move here.