First Step in New York State Towards Universal Rent Control

1. These stupid laws only make it impossible for any new rentals to be created. "Now you's can't leave"

2. Rent control caused these problems in the first place. Abolish all rent control now. Tens of thousands of rentable units in San Francisco are kept empty by owners who won't rent them out because of these rent control and renters rights laws. They don't want the headaches.

3. Rent will continue to rise. The rich run NYC and do whatever the heck they want. These landlords will continue to do as they please. Legally show good cause is enough to continue to find loopholes.

4. The Bonkers far left fucking up more states

5. Remember when our parents could buy a house on a blue collar job? And by parents I mean dad along with put food on the table. Today you can go get yourself a bachelor's degree and barely afford a 1br. Dont worry another 10 or so years we will be living in cages like they do in Hong Kong. The rich people will visit the poor living in cages like they are taking a trip to the zoo. Dont get to close to the cage or feed the animals.

6. And on the right of my screen is a video suggestion…"Why Rent Control Hurts Renters" by: PragerU. Hilarious.

7. She obviously has not taken econ 101, supply and demand. Has anyone ever thought to look at the data?The highest rents are in the most regulated markets like NYC and SF!

8. I love julia salazar. She is such a bad@$$.

9. And it is the same here in California where real estate moguls just spent untold amounts to defeat a ballot measure offering our cities the right to enact rent control. It is shameful and disgusting.

10. I would highly suggest a definition for "good cause", to prevent future abuse.

11. Thanks for reporting on issues that affect regular people !

    It is hard to find news sources that report news that affects regular people.

12. This is NOT going to effect the 1%. This is going to punish people who currently own a home as an investment. This is nothing more than a land grab disguised as helping renter's. If people who own homes will not be able to pay their mortgage with their rents they will drop their properties like a burning log before this gets implemented and developers will grab up their properties and put up "Stack & packs" (Agenda 21). People will be paying more for smaller spaces. Wake up! Socialism never punishes the rich!

13. Supply and demand. Learn it. Love it.

14. Landlords, the medieval name is part of the crisis, exploit the legal structure of capitalism namely property, liberty and contracts. That legacy of the Roman Empire must change because the public health crisis of poverty and homelessness is unsustainable and clearly unsustainable.

15. Leftist BS. If you cannot afford rent leave the area to where dumbocrats do not control.

16. There is always a shortage of rent controlled housing because price controls exacerbate shortages. It's not just the landlords fault, but no one can feel sorry for urban real estate developer oligopolies and gentrification. Expanding cheap fast transportation would solve most of these problems using market forces and without shortages.

17. Didn't address why they are so high, but here's why rent controls never work. Sure, for those who happen to be living in the rented accommodation it is great (after all they are always the big proponents of it), but here's what will happen.

    1. Housing shortages
    2. Affordable rents in nearby areas get pushed up

18. Over here, in the 5th richest nation on the planet… we scratch our heads. We had this sorted out over 60 YEARS ago. We are extremely capitalist but after WW2 they decided they would not allow predatory "businesses" rape the people as if it's still 1776.

    Treat humans as humans and they will often behave like humans.

19. NYC is already one of the most expensive places to own and maintain property in the U.S. She doesn't at all address that.

20. Which is a bigger hurdle for developers: city and state regulators, or rent control?

21. Julia is awesome! Hope to see her team up with AOC on some issues!

22. Sounds too complicated 150% of consumer price index… Does that mean a potential increase of 50%? Anyway why not just make it simple. Where I live it is a max increas of 2% per year… Keep it simple so everyone dinnes sufficiently… kissed

23. So they lowing rent ?

24. "Rent" is a great movie, that everyone should see.

    "no day but today"

25. Pure greed.

26. we need rent control and proper rent credit reporting for the country and territories.

27. This sort of issue is supportive of individual inailenable rights applications and greater wealth as culture participation.

28. If they do this, Im moving from Toronto to Rochester/Albany.

Comments are closed.