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Originally posted by ltl/fb
There are all kinds of rules applicable to housing. Why can't landlords rent out housing that is overrun with rats and roaches, with non-functioning plumbing and no heat?
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They can't? We should repeal those regulations as well. Although somehow I'm guessing that the need for those regulations coincides with the rise of rent control.
But again, you're conflating arguments for generally applicable regulations and ones that depend solely on the identity of the tenant. Rent control is not public housing, with a specified rent for a specified unit. That's the public utility model, and if taxpayers want to support that, so be it. Rent control specifies a rent for a particular person, and no one else. That person has an option to continue with that rent, but if he/she moves out, any new tenant can be charged, at least initially, the current market rent.
