The voters banned banning banning banning charging too high rent.

(To be clear I'm in favor of this, the best way to keep rent low is buidl buidl buidl)

How do you solve for predictability/stability? If you buy a home, you lock in your costs for 5-30 years, why don't renters deserve some of that stability too so they can make longer term plans and set roots in their neighbourhood?

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I buy that long-term increasing desirable supply is a good way to reduce prices, but it's hard to swallow that it would be reliable for limiting rent volatility in the short/medium term. For example, immigration policy alone can easily eclipse any amount of buidl almost overnight.

What does transferable rent control look like? The "control" stays with the tenant rather than the unit?

One answer: a big problem with the rent control approach is that it turns tenancy into a de-facto partial property right that is nontransferable. One fix: make it transferable.

(If you take this path to its logical conclusion, you arguably eventually get Georgism)

Another answer: a long-term commitment to keep housing prices low, eg. strict limits on zoning restrictions. Houston, Japan, etc seem to work quite well on that model.

You lock your mortgage costs. Insurance and house maintenance costs are constantly increasing.