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by cperciva 1551 days ago
There's a supply crunch, sure. And if you reallocate from rental to owner-occupied, you reduce the crunch somewhat on that side... but you make the supply crunch even worse for renters.

It's a popular policy decision for many politicians, since owners vote at much higher rates than renters; but I wouldn't call it good policy.