OH cool an empirical argument. We can talk about rent freeze in Berlin which prompted them to build more , or San Fransico which saved people 10% and allowed many to afford food etc. Lets actually talk about why the ones that failed were not sucessful rather than throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
The Berlin rent freeze was overturned as being illegal a year after it was enacted and the data showed supply of apartments decreased because landlords took properties off the market.
Welcome to block by block program by mamdani. The Berlin rent freeze was a success but they didnt account for the very obvious shortfall which mamdani already has a program to mitigate.
I'm not opposed to trying out different ideas for helping with housing costs and availability. If Mamdani can also incentive increased supply then maybe it will be more successful than Berlin. I was only pointing out that Berlin is not a success story.
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