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View the reasons rent control is the wrong solution to a real problem — and alternatives for action
Please see the latest APRA seminar, “A Legislative Rental Housing Outlook,” presented by Krista Gulbransen, Executive Director of the Berkeley Property Owners Association.
State Rent Control Law, AB 1482
Berkeleyside: Berkeley could ban criminal background checks in rental housing
…some local property owners and other critics said the proposal would strip landlords of the right to protect themselves and their other tenants, censoring information they need to make responsible decisions about their private properties…
reason: California’s Rent Control Advocates Are About To Get What They Want, Good and Hard
Everywhere rent control is tried, the same things happen. Landlords exit the market. Developers stop building apartments. Supply drops significantly….
reason: How Rent Control Laws Hurt Tenants
California is about to get a real world lesson in how rent control laws can’t solve a housing crisis… You get more of what you encourage and less of what you punish. California’s rent crisis is caused by insufficient supply, which is the result of a system that imposes a punishing level of regulation and fees on builders and developers—and now on landlords. It will mean fewer properties for rent and fewer landlords who proudly design the fireplace mantle.
Washington Post: The economists are right: Rent control is bad
…The economists are right, and the populists are wrong. Rent-control laws can be good for some privileged beneficiaries, who are often not the people who really need help. But they are bad for many others….
