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by HarryHirsch 2448 days ago
If you increase the supply of housing, it puts downward pressure on rent

That's the bug right there. Rental housing is a popular investment vehicle, at a ROI of 9.5 % it slightly outperforms the stock market. Any regulation and anything that would decrease profit will be stridently opposed by the wealthy classes. They go and vote and sit on the city council.