Ok I'm listening. rule
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Gonna take a more positive take on it. I honestly had no idea that this would get any pull anywhere or if Hasan has covered it, but I saw it through my local urbanism channels I'm involved in.

I think it's a decent thing that could totally not have been acted upon. This is not something the media will cover, and it's obviously buried under tons of major headlines this week. Removing financial incentives and tax breaks for landlords who increase rents over 5% is a good thing. It's not a hard rent cap, though.

But that's not to mention that I feel like people are glossing over the fact that they plan on repurposing federal land to provide affordable housing around the country. They have a tool that you can use to see what could be viable options, and there's tons of land that could be used.

Is it a tiny piecemeal crumb out of a big cookie? Sure, but it's definitely not a "nothingburger" if you ask me...
assistant
Not public housing, not subsidizing rent, not even limiting rent increases, but limiting the rate at which a SPECIFIC kind of landlord can increase your rent.
user
That’s much easier to get passed uncontested than the other things you mentioned and will directly slow down rent inflation. Biden isn’t a socialist so you shouldn’t be surprised he’s not providing public housing, most of his policies have strongly neoliberal. This still does help people afford rent.
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