Apartment rent used to be ½ what it is now combined with the cost of living which has doubled in the last ten years makes it hard for a single income family to survive compared to now in 1970 the Average Monthly Rent was $140.00 now it is 1000 + and that is just a 30 year jump what happened to the dollar let me tell you the federal reserve note is fake money printed with Indian blood!
So rent control will make my home explode? I don't get this? Can I counter with a slide show of kittens to prove that rent control increases fluffyness?
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I think the opposite...the loss of rent control is what's destroying cities. We need to bring back rent control. These greedy realtors and landlords need to come back down to earth and realize that people's wages haven't gone up in proportion to their outlandish asking prices.
No economic analysis, just watching more and more people I know working 2 and 3 jobs, yet still having trouble buying a house and/or struggling to make rent.
wow. you need to do some reading. rent control means no investment in urban housing and hence, no housing. i think having an apartment at all is better than none at all
well that is because there is no housing development elsewhere because of rent control, which means supply is restricted, which means higher prices. demand is simply greater than supply. the government also restricts these markets with "open land" laws and silly environmental legislation. your situation would be much better off if the govt didnt mess around with these things
what the hell are you talking about housing developments? I'm talking about empty apartments and homes. There's a ton of 'em where I live because people can't afford to pay these disgusting, outlandish amounts of money to live in them. The real estate market needs to be regulated a lot more than what it is. Real estate agents are gouging the working class, who can barely afford to pay rent, let alone utilities.
@IrishAmericanPride You confuse the current housing crisis where the "government" forced lenders to lend money to unqualified buyers(blacks and latinos). Shock of shocks when they couldn't pay their mortgage. Secondly, you don't understand how housing gets built. If the government say put drastic controls on housing, investors would walk away and invest in Chinese factories instead. Housing would skyrocket as there would be no new housing.
Did you spam every rent control video with these lies? It is obvious you are a mobile home owner in which the inflated value of the mobile home is predicated upon the rent controlled devaluation of the land it sits on. Prop 98 does absolutely no harm to existing tenants. They are protected as always, so quit spreading lies.
I am sorry for expressing my frustration. I take it back. In my life I have been the "victim" of rent de-regulation and I know at a deep emotional level of this difficult experience. Gouging is a sensitive issue. Once again, my apologies to the professor and I plead that his lectures on rent control also include a reminder that there is much more to public policy than economic theory.
Thanks for this inarticulate and incompetent presentation. Your "Dick and Jane" elementary propaganda is pathetic. Get real. Rent controls have worked well in the area that I reside. Very well indeed. By the way, have you ever thought of finishing Grade 4?
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Apartment rent used to be ½ what it is now combined with the cost of living which has doubled in the last ten years makes it hard for a single income family to survive compared to now in 1970 the Average Monthly Rent was $140.00 now it is 1000 + and that is just a 30 year jump what happened to the dollar let me tell you the federal reserve note is fake money printed with Indian blood!
seamystAlpha 3 months ago
So rent control will make my home explode? I don't get this? Can I counter with a slide show of kittens to prove that rent control increases fluffyness?
mmechill 8 months ago
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I think the opposite...the loss of rent control is what's destroying cities. We need to bring back rent control. These greedy realtors and landlords need to come back down to earth and realize that people's wages haven't gone up in proportion to their outlandish asking prices.
IrishAmericanPride 2 years ago
What economic analysis brought you to that fantastic conclusion.
LiberalofLiberty 2 years ago
No economic analysis, just watching more and more people I know working 2 and 3 jobs, yet still having trouble buying a house and/or struggling to make rent.
IrishAmericanPride 2 years ago
What about all of the people you don't know that work 2 and three jobs but aren't able to buy a home at all because there are none?
LiberalofLiberty 2 years ago
wow. you need to do some reading. rent control means no investment in urban housing and hence, no housing. i think having an apartment at all is better than none at all
denniscastro42 2 years ago
right, but I shouldn't have to pay 2 grand a month to live in that apartment.
IrishAmericanPride 2 years ago
well that is because there is no housing development elsewhere because of rent control, which means supply is restricted, which means higher prices. demand is simply greater than supply. the government also restricts these markets with "open land" laws and silly environmental legislation. your situation would be much better off if the govt didnt mess around with these things
denniscastro42 2 years ago
what the hell are you talking about housing developments? I'm talking about empty apartments and homes. There's a ton of 'em where I live because people can't afford to pay these disgusting, outlandish amounts of money to live in them. The real estate market needs to be regulated a lot more than what it is. Real estate agents are gouging the working class, who can barely afford to pay rent, let alone utilities.
IrishAmericanPride 2 years ago
@IrishAmericanPride You confuse the current housing crisis where the "government" forced lenders to lend money to unqualified buyers(blacks and latinos). Shock of shocks when they couldn't pay their mortgage. Secondly, you don't understand how housing gets built. If the government say put drastic controls on housing, investors would walk away and invest in Chinese factories instead. Housing would skyrocket as there would be no new housing.
garybsg 9 months ago
98 went down in flames. The voters of this state were too intelligent to fall for the lies from the Pro 98 sleaze.
Get ready....Obama will be the President!!!
Redpony68 3 years ago
PROP 98 in California would be devastating for all renters, especially those in mobile home communities.
PLEASE VOTE NO ON 98
HATE 98
YES ON 99
99 IS FINE
Redpony68 3 years ago
Did you spam every rent control video with these lies? It is obvious you are a mobile home owner in which the inflated value of the mobile home is predicated upon the rent controlled devaluation of the land it sits on. Prop 98 does absolutely no harm to existing tenants. They are protected as always, so quit spreading lies.
yetanotherforest 3 years ago
I am sorry for expressing my frustration. I take it back. In my life I have been the "victim" of rent de-regulation and I know at a deep emotional level of this difficult experience. Gouging is a sensitive issue. Once again, my apologies to the professor and I plead that his lectures on rent control also include a reminder that there is much more to public policy than economic theory.
ronjfinlay 3 years ago
A "victim of rent deregulation"?? Do you even know how pathetic that sounds? This is the USA, not Cuba
dickroylet 3 years ago 7
haha ronjfinlay I dare you to actually debate this man(Joseph Solerno) on these topics.
jetblackjp 3 years ago
Thanks for this inarticulate and incompetent presentation. Your "Dick and Jane" elementary propaganda is pathetic. Get real. Rent controls have worked well in the area that I reside. Very well indeed. By the way, have you ever thought of finishing Grade 4?
ronjfinlay 3 years ago
Rent control is un-american and evil.
18seki 4 years ago