[kelnos]

> Everyone I know who has asked for a discount has got the discount.

Just one data point, but a couple I know who lived in a 1BR in a largeish apartment building was denied a rent adjustment, despite other identical, vacant units in the building being put on the market at a somewhat lower rate. They ended up moving into a 2BR in a nearby duplex at the same rent (plus a couple free months), but nearly twice as much space.

A month after they moved, my friend told me that their old building had something like a 35% vacancy rate due to similar departures. My theory is that they're banking on the rental market going back up by mid-2021, and, being a rent-controlled building, don't want to allow people to lock in much lower rates.