Comment by bpt3
It's not humanistic, it's pandering to current renters at the expense of everyone else.
You can put your right to stable housing next to your right to internet, healthcare, and every other meaningless positive right.
It's not humanistic, it's pandering to current renters at the expense of everyone else.
You can put your right to stable housing next to your right to internet, healthcare, and every other meaningless positive right.
Of course, individuals (renters in this case) will vote for a policy that benefits them at the expense of everyone else.
Increasing regulation does the opposite of making it easier to build new housing.
I do agree that current residents should be able to prioritize their own needs, but that rarely results in additional housing stock being built.
Call it meaningless if you want, but this is a policy that renters getting priced out of their housing markets will eagerly vote for. And prioritizing existing residents over newcomers feels just to me. Focus on making it easier to build new housing instead of getting pissy about the safety net.