The landlord had told them he wanted to raise the rent to $3,500 and when they complained he decided to raise it to $9,500.

“We know that our building is not rent controlled and this was something we were always worried about happening and there is no way we can afford $9,500 per month," Yumna Farooq said.

  • @Brahm1nmam@lemmy.sdf.org
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    21 year ago

    So the first point is simply false, the second point is symptomatic of the third point which is simply an example of a poor policy.

    Also the second half of the third point is completely fucked off. If new construction were exempt from rent control then your ROI would be better on building units than buying units.