Rent control policies are regulations that limit the amount landlords can increase rent, intended to keep housing affordable. Proponents argue that it makes housing more affordable and prevents exploitation by landlords. Opponents argue that it discourages investment in rental properties and reduces the quality and availability of housing.
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@ISIDEWITH1yr1Y
Yes
@9PLJW4L1yr1Y
It could lead to a reduction in the quality and quantity of rental housing. When rent control limits the amount landlords can charge for rent, it may reduce their incentive to maintain or improve their properties.
@B2K4NM97mos7MO
Their incentive to maintain their properties is the lawsuit that they will get hit with if they don't. Same as it is now. As for improving their properties, landlords don't even do that now and we don't have rent control. "The Landlord Special" is a common joke for a reason lmao.
@2YL7X79Libertarian 1yr1Y
It is an enslavement to the labor that the owner expended to create/buy that property; the owner can decide how the fruits of his labor is utilized.
@9QXNBM61yr1Y
Many lower income families are becoming unhoused , homeless rates are at an all time high and gentrification is as well.
@9N8HTH41yr1Y
Rent shouldn't be as expensive as it is because people who are usually at a place where they are paying rent, are trying to save up for a bigger house.
@ISIDEWITH1yr1Y
No
@9ZQ3LSY9mos9MO
Studies show that rent control reduces the housing supply over time. For example, a Stanford study found that rent control in San Francisco cut rental housing by 15%, as landlords converted units to other uses. It also disproportionately benefits higher-income, long-term tenants, while lower-income renters often can’t find rent-controlled apartments due to scarcity. Cities without rent control, like Houston, tend to have more affordable rents overall because they focus on increasing housing supply, not limiting rents. Expanding housing options works better than rent control for long-term affordability.
@B6GQ3JQ3wks3W
No one has a right to the proceeds gained from the labor of anyone else. Not does anyone have a right to artificially control the free market.
@B6GCDMD4wks4W
Cities like Austin and Dallas had massive inflows of migrants and had small increases in rental and home prices while nyc had a decline in population and rent stayed high. The problem isn’t greedy tenants it’s not enough construction.
@B63GB58 2mos2MO
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-does-economic-evidence-tell-us-about-the-effects-of-rent-control/
@ISIDEWITH10mos10MO
Yes, housing is a basic right that should be affordable to anyone
@B257MZMLibertarian 9mos9MO
Housing is absolutely a basic right, and rent control should be opposed because it makes housing even LESS accessible.
@B6M6ZLX1wk1W
Someone is going to pay for the housing no matter what, either individuals or the government. Under the current supply-constrained environment, particularly in large coastal cities, it would be prohibitively expensive for the government to provide housing to everyone, and subsidies would only serve to raise the price further. If supply constraints are relaxed and housing supply is permitted to grow to meet demand, then the government can focus its resources only on those who need it the most.
@B6LMR8D 2wks2W
There are no rights to other people's rights. Housing has to be provided by someone in the first place and they have a right to not sell it or sell it below a certain price.
@9ZRHFGR 3mos3MO
Rent control limits the supply of housing,increases shortages, increases rents for uncontrolled housing, limits mobility, and reduces the quality of housing.
@ISIDEWITH1yr1Y
No, studies show that rent control does not lower rent
@B3G5SZ76mos6MO
Studies show that while there isn’t a lack of resources to build housing, not enough effort is being spent into building enough homes for everyone as there are factors like rising construction costs and difficultly finding affordable materials.
@ISIDEWITH10mos10MO
No, ban corporate and foreign investors from purchasing residential real estate instead
@B4D9VH75mos5MO
Gen Z and generations after will never be able to own their own property if we continue to allow foreign investors and corporations to purchase estates. They will continuously outbid the average person trying to buy a home.
@B6NLQZ41wk1W
The fact that hundreds of thousands of homes are sitting empty because corporate and foreign investors purchased them and set them at unobtainable prices solely as investment property, rather than actual houses to live in, is devastating our economy.
@B567ZBM4mos4MO
Corporate/foreign investors that buy land do not care for the local community, and are driven only by profit. These companies specialize in low-density homes that are far away from businesses & require the town to expand infrastructure leading to unsustainable car-dependent urban sprawl. These real-estate companies also hold onto vast swathes of land that they purchase that the average American cannot afford, and let it sit there & appreciate in value without improving the lands as infrastructure develops around it then sell it at high prices inflating land value. These companies may also do the same with housing, where they purchase large amounts of homes and charge exorbitant prices on new home owners.
@B6HRSCQ3wks3W
Housing being sold as a Private good rather than a public good allows Corporations and Investors to set prices to what they see fit/purely for profit rather than to provide housing to those who need it. For example, the United States currently has 15 Million Vacant homes that are privately owned, due to their owners holding onto them entirely for profit (These homes could be given to those in need, or even end Homelessness, as there are only 771,000 Homeless people in the United States)
@ISIDEWITH10mos10MO
No, incentivize the development of new housing instead
@B63Q5HN1mo1MO
When you were in middle school you undoubtedly cracked upon a textbook that had big words like, "Biology." In that, you learn that every species has three needs that it has to meet, or it will die. It follows like this: food, water, and then ***shelter***. Without shelter, an animal dies. If humans do not have a stable shelter, then their lives will fall in on themselves and be ruined. Access to shelter is not just a need, its a fundamental duty we must provide as a society to all.
@B4WG3XQ4mos4MO
Rent control is a poor remedy, if that, to the issue of rent. Economic Rent is a terrible side effect of the use of land by landlords. Housing should be incentivized.
@B6FFXRL4wks4W
In cities that have incentivized housing development (Tokyo, Houston, Minneapolis) there have been flat or declining rent prices while supply of housing has increased.
@B65FJWPRepublican1mo1MO
Rent control is great once you are locked in, but this exacerbates the issue of housing not being created in urban areas.
Once instituted, it becomes nearly politically impossible to allow rents to rise to even cover the basic repairs - not to mention total building repairs. It also locks in a land, piece of property, to produce housing at said rent controlled rates, discouraging further development.
Housing not being maintained, is housing being destroyed over time.
@ISIDEWITH10mos10MO
No, rent controls have been shown to limit the supply of housing
@B3CMTPP6mos6MO
Rent controls cause a shortage of housing because they force the price down meaning there is no incentive for new supplers to enter the market. Rent controls only benefit those fortunate enough to currently live in rented housing. The rest are left out to dry as no one wants to provide them with housing as there is no longer an incentive to enter the market. Furthermore the fortunate ones are not safe either as rent control reduces revenue for landlords potentially forcing them out of business and leaving those they used to rent to out of a place to live.
@9NF7Y8N1yr1Y
Yes but only to maintain rate ranges based on local wages, public resources and allows for reasonable profits to owners.
@9RDFBFL1yr1Y
No, but the government should disallow Corporations and Foreign investors to purchase residential real estate.
@ISIDEWITH12mos12MO
Can the government truly balance the needs of both tenants and landlords when deciding rent policies, or is one side always favored?
@9TWF6KK11mos11MO
I don't care about the rights of landlords, they hoard housing from people who need it. Landlords shouldn't get "rights" to hoard housing.
@9TV7ST612mos12MO
No. Whatever policy the Government implements, bad actors will exploit it. The best solution is for the Government to ease zoning restrictions.
@9TV6R4412mos12MO
Yes, I believe that the needs of the tenants and landlords can be balanced. For instance a lower rent price can be installed for the tenant and landlords can require certain regulations pertaining to the upkeep of the home and area.
@9TTKSH612mos12MO
Yes it could be balanced but right now they are too on the side of the landlords.
@9SGS2K21yr1Y
Yes, as long as they set it at limits that levels that landlords can make money as well. They should have make money off of their investment.
@9P3FPBF1yr1Y
We shouldn’t rent control but bar the limit of corporate owned single family homes. Let the free market bring down rent prices as a consequence.
@77BSYH8 1yr1Y
Yes, but only to maintain rate ranges based on local wages, public resources, and allows for reasonable profits to owners.
@ISIDEWITH12mos12MO
Could rent controls, in your view, ever be unfair to landlords? Why or why not?
@9Y8ZYRTPeace and Freedom 10mos10MO
Yes, rent controls could be unfair to landlords as they may limit the ability to cover rising maintenance costs and reduce incentives to invest in property improvements, impacting the quality of housing.
@9YFNQ4R 10mos10MO
I suppose it could but comparatively in my eyes to tenants is much more important. If you are a landlord, usually you have your own place to stay but as a tenant if you can't afford a place to live you are homeless.
@9YFL57N10mos10MO
In my view, renting controls is unfair to landlords because it could limit their choices on renting charges and decrease rental house owning supplies.
@9TTD33CRepublican12mos12MO
yes because they are fixing the price and it doesn't allow landlords to recoup money for maintness costs increased taxes or increased insurance costs while still being profitable
@B45K34Z5mos5MO
No, incentivize the development of new housing instead and ban corporate and foreign investors from purchasing residential real estate instead
@9ZYW5WX9mos9MO
No, incentivize the development of new housing and ban corporate, foreign investors from purchasing real estate, and require luxury housing projects to be cut back for more normal residential housing
Yes, there has to be rent control if there won’t be any help or change in wages. People are unable to eat, or drive a vehicle just to have a roof over their head, due to greedy landlords.
@ISIDEWITH12mos12MO
Do you think it's fair for people to stay in the same apartment forever if the rent is kept low, while others can't find a place to live?
@9TR22CN12mos12MO
No, is not fair to stay in the same apartment because you need to find a aparment thatyou can pay and pricess should not be that hill.
People are entitled to live where they wish to settle
@pbassett04No Labels 12mos12MO
If my rent remained the same I would stay here, however they are trying to increase our rent without doing anything to make it worth the extra cost. If I could find a place to live that fit my budget then I would move, but other places have also increased costs of rent to exorbitant prices, the places that have similar size and accommodations are almost twice the cost already, a growing family has no option but to pay double or triple when the extra fees come into it.
@9MKWNW41yr1Y
There needs to be a fair balance between rent prices and the local cost of living. Rent control may not be the best option.
@B6538MV 1mo1MO
Yes, but only in areas with housing shortages, and ban corporate and foreign investors from purchasing residential real estate instead
@B5J3B8K4mos4MO
No, instead incentivize the development of new housing and ban corporate and foreign investors from purchasing residential real estate
@B3ZXXWR6mos6MO
ban corporate and foreign investors from purchasing residential real estate and prevent landlords from overpricing low income families and individuals.
@B3S26YC6mos6MO
No, studies show that rent control does not lower rent, incentivize the development of new housing instead and ban corporate and foreign investors from purchasing residential real estate instead. Yes, but only in areas with housing shortages.
@9ZPFZHF9mos9MO
No, but ban corporate and foreign investors from purchasing residential real estate while incentivizing the development of new housing.
@B4W3XX34mos4MO
The question of whether the government should implement rent control policies is a complex one with both potential benefits and drawbacks.
Yes, and stop corporations from buying up homes that they never plan to use themselves, only to rent them out at exorbitant prices.
@9TZPJYK11mos11MO
It depends because, it's the landlords property but they can't overdo the rent if push comes to shove then it should be controlled to an extent so people can have a place to live
@9R4BLBCLibertarian1yr1Y
There should be an executive order that controls rent for a limited period of time to help reduce inflation
Yes, but it depends on factors such as: the living area/environment, size of residence, location, etc.
@B6PDFNH6 days6D
It depends on the situation because it could hurt the economy in the long run if handled improperly.
@B6P8X9J6 days6D
I think there should be a freedom of choice in this instance, because if landlords charge an outrageous amount of rent then no one will rent from them making a invisible boundaries anyway
@B6P2LSFRepublican6 days6D
Depending on the housing market prices can be adjusted, but they're should be a limit once again depending on the market
@B6NY8X56 days6D
Yes, some landlords upcharge, but I don't think there should be a set rule, as these are independent businesses that can be tried if they have problems.
@B6NRQW37 days7D
While I beleive housing should be free and obtainable for all adult citizens of the us i believe creating laws around this topic can be tricky without interfering with the freedom of the people. I also beleive that somone with power for example a landlord should not be able to abused that power to the detriment of a tenant
@B6NQJ731wk1W
no, rent control doesn't work and also to ban corporate and foreign from purchasing residential real estate instead
@B6NLCBJ1wk1W
No incentivize the development of new housing and making it cheaper with federal Help and ban, corporate and foreign investors from purchasing residential real estate, but only for big to somewhat bigger medium size corporations
@B6NKGJM1wk1W
In areas with housing shortages a combination of rent control, bans on short term rentals like Air B&B, creating more housing density and incentives to developers to build work together to lower rents
@B6NHB3H1wk1W
Only in cases where a renter has earned special treatment such as they are a veteran, disabled, or extremely elderly.
@B6NCLFG1wk1W
I feel like it depends on the area of the houses like poor areas should be affordable and rich areas should match at least how much the person income is worth.
I think the landlord should be able to choose how much to rent the house for, but make it a reasonable price, and when there are flaws in the places they should fix them.
@B6MZBKP1wk1W
Yes, but only for social housing development programs, with a public sector regulated by the government and a private sector less regulated.
@B6MSJRB1wk1W
Require landlords to be transparent with tenants on how they plan to charge/raise rent year by year.
@B6MKPHK1wk1W
I believe there should be caveats in place that take multiple factors into account, but yes, I believe they should limit the amount.
No, the government should not implement rent control, unless the landlords are going overboard with the rent to an extent.
@B6M8FB61wk1W
Remove renting from housing as a profitable thing. Rent should cover utilities, repairs, and maybe a little extra for the landlord, but implement rent prices only as necessary.
@B6M53ZM2wks2W
Yes but the ultimate goal is to remove landlords as a functional way to make money. The goal is to have affordable housing that people can own or use for free.
@B6LYSN52wks2W
yes, in areas with housing shortages, but at the same time, new housing development needs to be incentivized and properly supervised
@B6LFJLK2wks2W
Yes, based on local wages and the population. Everyone should have a house, rent should be affordable.
@B6KWTL7Progressive2wks2W
Yes, but rent control should be based on housing availability and income rates in individual places.
@B6KTYCZ2wks2W
No, the amount someone should be charged for their living space should be based on the quality of where they live and priced accordingly.
@B6KR84S2wks2W
places where rent is high flood the market with new, cheap housing to lower rent prices. Take down private equity companies that jack up rent prices
@B6KJ4T4Independent2wks2W
I'm conflicted and unsure of my thoughts on this matter. I feel Yes, but only in areas with housing shortages but also I agree with No.
@B6KGB832wks2W
Ban Airbnb for short term rentals of less than 7 day. Middle term rentals of fully furnished housing for 3+ months should remain.
@B6KFFLR2wks2W
Rents should be set by the market based on building quality and location, but landlords shouldn’t charge excessively high prices so housing remains attainable for people with average incomes.
@B6KF78V2wks2W
I think we should both ban corporate and foreign investors from purchasing residential real estate, and incentivize the development of new housing. and maybe Yes, but only in areas with housing shortages
@B6KDNVS2wks2W
Yes but not too much and ban corporate and foreign investors from purchasing residential real estate
@B6KBVPJ2wks2W
Yes, but if the landlord wants to sell the investment property, the new landlord should be able to raise rent up to 10%, every year for 10 years.
@B6K6XFT2wks2W
Yes but to an extent. Depending on the are and market value in the area housing rent should be regulated. there should be a range and within that range ( depending on the area, should landlords choose a price)
@B6K6GSW2wks2W
No, the government shouldn’t control rent rates. Landlords should be approved as responsible owners that fairly find rates.
@B6JXXH42wks2W
I would say yes if they are abusing their power and getting extra money out of it but if not then no cause he or she is keeping it true.
@B6JVVKL2wks2W
Rent control in specific areas, streamlined zoning and construction laws for more housing construction
@B6JR5WK2wks2W
I think that they should lower it because not everyone can afford it and they should put it to a reasonable price.
@B6JPKNP2wks2W
I feel like it should depend on said landlord's financial income, and more so if that is their only source of income
@Wombattius_Working Family 3wks3W
Yes, as housing is a human right. However, I believe that we should develop more housing so that the amount landlords can charge can also go down substantially.
@B6J62B33wks3W
If the person renting is a foreigner, then I say the government has the right to increase rent not limit it.
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