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user-inactivated  ·  3952 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: In defense of density

the problem with rent control is that it encourages slumlording. unless it's temporary and combined with construction projects it's a losing strategy.

the rich benefit from everything. if the number of new units is small enough, then yes, the poor will see no benefit. but rent is pretty much a matter of supply and demand crossed with unit quality, and you're never going to decrease demand in a city center, but you can build low-cost units.