>>508719589
>"guys, how do we fix the housing crisis? People can't afford rent in our city, and there isn't enough available housing"
>I know exactly how to do it
>"how?"
>simple: we freeze rent on existing tenants, putting a ceiling on the price landlords can charge
>"won't that disincentivize developers from building new units in the city, further reducing the available housing, while also incentivizing landlords to evict current tenants in order to raise the rent to the actual market price, while also neglecting their units due to low return on investment?
>"No, it won't"
>how do you know?
>"because it just won't"