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Rent Control Part 3: Mobility, Regional Growth, Development and Class Conflict

May 28, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Part One of this series was a refresher on the Microeconomics of Rent Control and touched on how it encourages hoarding Part Two discussed rent controls influence on the black market for apartments, rental property deterioration and housing discrimination. Here in Part Three, we will discuss how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: rent control Tagged With: affordable housing, class conflict, development, discrimination, Economics, employment, Free-market, gentrification, housing, landlord, mobility, nyc, peter cooper village, regional growth, rent, rent control, rent stabilization, rent-regulated, segregation, stuyvesant town, taxes, tenant, Walter Block

A Recipe to Destroy Affordability in Any City.

May 14, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Austin Contrarian discusses an article that describes how Seattle has become less affordable in recent years. He prescribes a recipe for Austin to become what he calls a "Superstar City" such as New York, Boston, San Francisco, or Seattle. By "Superstar City", I assume he means an ultra-hip place … [Read more...]

Filed Under: zoning Tagged With: affordability, affordable housing, Austin, density, development, NIMBY, seattle, zoning

LA’s New Housing Rules Band-aid the Symptoms, Exacerbate the Problem

May 7, 2008 By Adam Hengels

LA Times: Los Angeles limits 'mansionization,' downtown hotel conversionsReason: In Soviet Los Angeles, Housing Affordables You!LA's City Council voted unanimously to treat the symptoms of the City's gentrification problem by restricting property owner's right to improve their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing Tagged With: affordable housing, gentrification, LA

Investment firms try to de-regulate apartments. Are they so evil?

April 14, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Phasing out rent-regulation may hurt a bit, but in the long-run regulation has done more damage than good. Along with loosening zoning restrictions, freeing up apartments to market rents will help lessen the housing shortage citywide.New York Daily News: Tenants say rent-regulated apartments … [Read more...]

Filed Under: rent control Tagged With: affordable housing, nyc, rent control, rent-regulated

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