Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agoBiden to call for 5% cap on annual rent increases, as he tries to show plans to tame inflationapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1315arrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareMehBlah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoHow about set that cap at 1/4 average monthly wages for a state or county or even a city.
minus-squarepewter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoThat wouldn’t work because some housing is much more expensive than others. It might have more rooms. It might be better built. It might be newer. At least a 5% increase cap would scale with all of those things more appropriately.
How about set that cap at 1/4 average monthly wages for a state or county or even a city.
That wouldn’t work because some housing is much more expensive than others. It might have more rooms. It might be better built. It might be newer. At least a 5% increase cap would scale with all of those things more appropriately.