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mistersquidyesterday at 7:32 PM1 replyview on HN

> Rent control is not a great solution long term since it reduces the incentive to build more housing which is the only real fix.

In California (and SF in particular) rent control applies to housing older than 15 years and owned by corporate entities.

How does rent control applied as it is in California disincentivize building? I would think that building would be incentivized by rent control because newer housing stock would be exempt from rent control.


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nxmyesterday at 7:48 PM

Long term they wouldn't be, and hence lower ROI and therefore disincentivized