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1 posted on 01/04/2015 11:48:07 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Rental prices across the country are already highly inflated due to the subsidies some receive.


2 posted on 01/04/2015 11:50:22 AM PST by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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Why would anyone want to rent out apartments in a socialist system that sets the price thousands of dollars below fair market value?

I would think they would close the building for repairs every 5-10 years, evict everyone, and then re-open after 6 months?


3 posted on 01/04/2015 11:51:36 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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4 posted on 01/04/2015 11:51:41 AM PST by dfwgator
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From reading what some of the rents are in the article, I’d say they are very low. I realize people need affordable housing, but landlords also need to make some money. I doubt many other cities have rent control like NYC. I could be wrong, but I don’t think so.


5 posted on 01/04/2015 11:51:53 AM PST by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: Olog-hai

Rent is too damn high!


6 posted on 01/04/2015 11:51:59 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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my lawyer-uncle lived in a huge (4000 sq ft) penthouse in a good district (upper east side) of NYC. Was paying $150 a month a few years ago under rent control. A great deal!!!! Wish we could get it! A friend (senior level engineer) is paying $200 and change for a 2,000+ sq foot top-floor apartment with a sweeping view in a decentl- good district of San Fransicko. Again, a super deal! Rent control is wonderful, wish we could get it, too!
Gee, I might even vote D.............
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(well, maybe not THAT!)


7 posted on 01/04/2015 11:54:07 AM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..)
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I have never understood how this garbage works. What ever happened to the “free market”? Supply and Demand?

Let landlords charge what they want, when a mass exodus out of New York happens, maybe logic and common sense would move it?

Doubtful...


8 posted on 01/04/2015 11:58:43 AM PST by TheBattman (Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
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Aren’t these laws simply another form of socialism... aka - shifting wealth from the higher earners to the lower earners (except in the cases where some very wealthy take advantage of rent-controls on their lofty penthouses)?

Aren’t these laws at least partially responsible for urban decay - when landlords cannot raise rent to even cover their costs to maintain...


10 posted on 01/04/2015 12:02:12 PM PST by TheBattman (Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
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DeBlasio really needs to set down with Sharpton and see if this should really be done.


12 posted on 01/04/2015 12:07:11 PM PST by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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Sorry Ms Chaffee, but the state has determined that you are no longer a productive member if our society.

You have been granted sixty (60) days to prepare for tour termination.

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17 posted on 01/04/2015 12:15:36 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT (The best is the enemy of the good.)
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Lawmakers should acct to get the government the hell out of the business of setting rents altogether.


22 posted on 01/04/2015 12:33:48 PM PST by arthurus
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To: Olog-hai

Its New York.

Who cares?


25 posted on 01/04/2015 12:41:55 PM PST by Rich21IE
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Of course, they’ll renew the rent controls. The place is run by socialists. They love controls — and their constituents demand them.


29 posted on 01/04/2015 1:08:43 PM PST by BfloGuy ( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
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To: Olog-hai

Government has no right to interfere with the ability of someone to set a price for something he wants to sell.


30 posted on 01/04/2015 1:31:44 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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Wouldn't this be a GREAT Republic if ALL laws "sunsetted"?

That way, our Masters would be kept busy re-passing the laws they really liked, instead of passing new ones to oppress us further.

31 posted on 01/04/2015 1:57:55 PM PST by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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Rent control causes housing shortages.

I guess that’s why liberals like it.


34 posted on 01/04/2015 2:59:55 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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All your property are belong to us.


38 posted on 01/04/2015 3:41:11 PM PST by Organic Panic
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do the taxes and maintenance costs on these buildings also reflect 1978 price levels??


39 posted on 01/04/2015 4:58:26 PM PST by terycarl (common sense prevails over all)
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Communism at it’s finest at work!!

Rents should be whtever the traffic will bear.


41 posted on 01/04/2015 7:26:12 PM PST by dalereed
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