L4sBot@lemmy.worldB to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoThere's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing powerwww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down161file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1263arrow-down1external-linkThere's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing powerwww.salon.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldB to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square104fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
Commentary: Longtime former Republican on Patrick Deneen and the demise of the conservative intellectual
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoRent control disincentives building new apartments, because there is little financial incentive in doing so in an area choked by supply shortages, thus it exacerbates supply shortages over time. See here: https://www.nmhc.org/news/articles/the-high-cost-of-rent-control/ Note that this is not theoretical - we’ve seen rent control attempted to poor effect worldwide
Rent control disincentives building new apartments, because there is little financial incentive in doing so in an area choked by supply shortages, thus it exacerbates supply shortages over time.
See here: https://www.nmhc.org/news/articles/the-high-cost-of-rent-control/
Note that this is not theoretical - we’ve seen rent control attempted to poor effect worldwide
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