Topic: Rent Control
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Some People Will Do Crazy Things for a Rent-Controlled Apartment in NYC
One example: pretend their dead aunt is alive. For four years.
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A Berlin Neighborhood Clamps Down on Fancy Apartments
No second bathrooms, no fireplaces or under-floor heating, no new balconies and no reserved parking places.
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Urban Wonk
Beware the Comeback of Rent Control
There's very little evidence that rent stabilization protects poor or vulnerable renters.
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Urban Wonk
Housing Shortage in Paris? Blame the Foreigners!
At least that's the popular attitude. But the truth is much more complicated.
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Status Quo of the Day: Rent Control in NYC
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case that could have made rent control illegal in New York.
