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People also ignore that those with power and closest to the laws will also benefit the most from them.

Rent control also leads to gross nepotism where the relatives and friends of the wealthy are given first dibs on rent controlled properties by the owner of the tenement building. A quick google search will reveal how common it is for those most well off to benefit from such government run schemes like rent control.



That is silly since there are so few well off people compared to the mass of people who are not. What percent of rent controlled tenants would you say are "well off" compared to say the 90% of people who are not?




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