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[quote=Anonymous]The city needs to get rid of all rent control. It has never ever been shown to actually deliver housing to folks who need it most over the long haul. What happens is constant and illegal subletting without changing the main lease to keep the rent super low. Plus, people may stay in a unit for 50 years even though they are making significantly higher incomes. I know cuase I did this. I was in a rent control building in cap hill starting in 1997. Two bedrooms for $840. It was great then because o was a grad student. Fast forward 12 years, making well over 100k and I think the rent was still only about $1200 month. The upside is I saved a ton of money. The downside is the place was never renovated or updated until after a tenant moved out. [/quote]
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