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		varenc 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: High-income job losses are cooling housing demand If you're currently renting, and expect to keep renting for a long time, state-wide control does seem in your interests? It might ultimately depress new construction and certainly isn't good for landlords, but makes sense to me a renter would want rent control.

JuniperMesos 2 days ago | [–]

Unless you expect to be renting in literally the same physical house, state-wide rent control isn't in your interests.

shuckles 2 days ago | [–]

No, because rent control isn't portable and most people's housing needs change over time. The person who can hold onto a house for 20 years straight is the outlier.

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