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Evictions skyrocket nationwide as housing costs rise (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

If the contract is up, is there a limit or can you increase at much as you can ? Can you refuse to renew, envic the tenant , then put up higher price ?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

This varies by state and sometimes by city. California, for example, has a limit of 10% or 5% + change in COL, whichever is lower, per 12 months. This only applies to renewals. And there's a carve-out for single family home rentals.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

What you're describing is often called "Rent Control" and it is something liberal politicians from New York to California have crusaded against for decades, on the grounds that it prevented new residential housing space from being built.

Incidentally, there is no recognized correlation between rent control as a policy and diminished housing starts.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Incidentally, there is no recognized correlation between rent control as a policy and diminished housing starts.

Why would you lie about something so easily disprovable?

https://www.nmhc.org/news/articles/the-high-cost-of-rent-control/

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Lmao, what kind of organization is that? Either your working for them, or you have been played. Give another source than some organization that nobody has heard of and lobbies against renters rights.

NAA lobbies for policies that benefit owners and operators. Its educational offerings are designed to maximize profits and limit liability and renters' rights

Naa merged with nmhc according to Wikipedia

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Based in Washington, D.C., the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) is where rental housers and suppliers come together to help meet America’s housing needs

Literally quoting the nation's biggest renter lobby to call me a liar? Okay.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

If you refuse to renew, then you'll be put into the month-to-month. Which is a encouragement to just leave.

That clause is also on your lease when you initially sign. The cost of month to month is often not listed, but says something like "market rates". It's always unfavorable.