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		energy123 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I will do anything to end homelessness except buil... Rent control doesn't work. The unintended negative side effects are too large.

amanaplanacanal 8 months ago [–]

Yep. Rent control means less housing gets built, the exact opposite of what we want.

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