Of course, rent freezes (not permanent CONTROLS!) gives time to enact policies to convert endless prime now unproductive office space (grant workers rights to much more productive work at home) and wasted retail brick and mortar (in this eCommerce economy) to HOUSING near all the city jobs! Side benefits to downtown housing is end to traffic gridlock (efficient delivery of a city needing everything from outside). But you NEED him to fail just as you live off billionaire funding of far-right think tanks and endowed university chairships.
That you fail to understand that rent freezes on apartments *already* subject to rent-control does nothing more than give further breaks to the lucky few (30% of whom earn $100K+) who already get steep discounts and does nothing positive for people who can’t afford housing is… entirely unsurprising.
It applies *only* to the lucky few who already pay less than everyone else because of government mandates.
Those people were “suffering” LESS than everyone else, not more.
30% of those people earn $100k+.
It doesn’t solve anything. It merely uses government monopoly power of violence to take from some members of society and give to others.
It gives him no additional time.
But what you are clearly missing is that THIS WAS ALREADY GOING ON.
And was part of the *reason why* rents for most people are so high.
You are defending something that is literally part of the problem, rather than the solution.
It is much like claiming that you will reduce shoplifting by telling the shoplifters that they can temporarily do 20% more shoplifting than before and no one will stop them.
These are short-term concerns. We've seen a century of rent controls, folks scouring obits to grab up grandfathered residents. As far as "solving problems", put things in perspective: police and fire consume nearly half the budget, and police BY DEFINITION have neither training nor responsibility for fixing any problems at all ever: they're only about showing up at unfamiliar scenes, transforming each 911 call into a potential officer "perceiving THEIR life is in danger and 100+ rounds discharged in 30 second; cameras and neighborhood watches free up enough funds to hire experts to respond and programs to SOLVE homelessness, substance abuse, domestic abuse, and mental illness, what most calls are about. Meanwhile you're focused obsessively about absentee landlords -- all my friends are landlords (and never about the real culprits in all cities: tax exempt property) rather than about the welfare of the residents.
YOU are the one who started this comment on rent freezes, not I.
“Meanwhile you're focused obsessively about absentee landlords -- all my friends are landlords (and never about the real culprits in all cities: tax exempt property) rather than about the welfare of the residents.”
Wouldn’t rent freezes reduce the incentive to convert office space into apartments that might, themselves, be rent controlled? New units could be exempted from the controls, but there’s always the threat that the exemptions could be rescinded.
And that you didn't read any of the rest of what I wrote proves you are a bot.
“Young, educated New Yorkers came out in droves to vote for Mamdani.”
Er, I think you mean young, miseducated New Yorkers..
Having a lot of schooling, or even having a credential, does not make one “educated.”
Of course, rent freezes (not permanent CONTROLS!) gives time to enact policies to convert endless prime now unproductive office space (grant workers rights to much more productive work at home) and wasted retail brick and mortar (in this eCommerce economy) to HOUSING near all the city jobs! Side benefits to downtown housing is end to traffic gridlock (efficient delivery of a city needing everything from outside). But you NEED him to fail just as you live off billionaire funding of far-right think tanks and endowed university chairships.
That you fail to understand that rent freezes on apartments *already* subject to rent-control does nothing more than give further breaks to the lucky few (30% of whom earn $100K+) who already get steep discounts and does nothing positive for people who can’t afford housing is… entirely unsurprising.
I hope you have a great day.
What about a “freeze” don’t you understand? Gives him time to get longer term economic-based fixes during Trump’s inflation.
Said “freeze” doesn’t apply to everyone’s rent.
It applies *only* to the lucky few who already pay less than everyone else because of government mandates.
Those people were “suffering” LESS than everyone else, not more.
30% of those people earn $100k+.
It doesn’t solve anything. It merely uses government monopoly power of violence to take from some members of society and give to others.
It gives him no additional time.
But what you are clearly missing is that THIS WAS ALREADY GOING ON.
And was part of the *reason why* rents for most people are so high.
You are defending something that is literally part of the problem, rather than the solution.
It is much like claiming that you will reduce shoplifting by telling the shoplifters that they can temporarily do 20% more shoplifting than before and no one will stop them.
How has *that* worked out for NYC and as.F.?
These are short-term concerns. We've seen a century of rent controls, folks scouring obits to grab up grandfathered residents. As far as "solving problems", put things in perspective: police and fire consume nearly half the budget, and police BY DEFINITION have neither training nor responsibility for fixing any problems at all ever: they're only about showing up at unfamiliar scenes, transforming each 911 call into a potential officer "perceiving THEIR life is in danger and 100+ rounds discharged in 30 second; cameras and neighborhood watches free up enough funds to hire experts to respond and programs to SOLVE homelessness, substance abuse, domestic abuse, and mental illness, what most calls are about. Meanwhile you're focused obsessively about absentee landlords -- all my friends are landlords (and never about the real culprits in all cities: tax exempt property) rather than about the welfare of the residents.
Nice non sequitur, dude.
YOU are the one who started this comment on rent freezes, not I.
“Meanwhile you're focused obsessively about absentee landlords -- all my friends are landlords (and never about the real culprits in all cities: tax exempt property) rather than about the welfare of the residents.”
https://mason.gmu.edu/~atabarro/RentControl/
Wouldn’t rent freezes reduce the incentive to convert office space into apartments that might, themselves, be rent controlled? New units could be exempted from the controls, but there’s always the threat that the exemptions could be rescinded.
How? Just the opposite! Simple economics. Freeze’s don’t apply to space not currently in housing.
Laws that apply to existing housing can apply to future housing.