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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"news",<br>"author":"darth-cryptic",<br>"permlink":"want-more-affordable-housing-build-more-housing-and-don-t-impose-government-rent-controls",<br>"title":"Want More Affordable Housing? Build More Housing,<br> and Don\u2019t Impose Government Rent Controls",<br>"body":"I'm starting to think politicians should have to take a basic economics quiz before running for office. Supply and demand is a pretty basic economic concept which,<br> by the way,<br> also applies to medical care along with everything else the government attempts to supply,<br> ration or otherwise control.\n\n<a href = \"https:\/\/file.army\/i\/FatZjv\"><img src = \"https:\/\/404store.com\/2018\/02\/28\/apartmentconstruction.jpg\"><\/a>\n\nYou can artificially restrict the amount of rent a landlord can legally charge for a rental unit,<br> but you can\u2019t force developers,<br> builders,<br> and landlords to build or supply more rental housing in the future. And the supply of rental housing in markets with rent control is guaranteed to decline.\n\nSource: <a href=\"http:\/\/megalextoria.blogspot.com\/2018\/02\/want-more-affordable-housing-build-more.html\">Want More Affordable Housing? Build More Housing,<br> and Don't Impose Government Rent Controls - Foundation for Economic Education<\/a>",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"news\",<br>\"politics\",<br>\"economics\",<br>\"rentcontrol\",<br>\"statism\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"https:\/\/404store.com\/2018\/02\/28\/apartmentconstruction.jpg\" ,<br>\"links\":[\"https:\/\/file.army\/i\/FatZjv\",<br>\"http:\/\/megalextoria.blogspot.com\/2018\/02\/want-more-affordable-housing-build-more.html\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemit\/0.1\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\" " |
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