774
Landlord Forced To Raise Rent Due To Thinking Of Bigger Number
(www.theonion.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2024
774 points (97.5% liked)
The Onion
4452 readers
1025 users here now
The Onion
A place to share and discuss stories from The Onion, Clickhole, and other satire.
Great Satire Writing:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
I suspect that if the government were to implement UBI, this would be a concern they thought of and would have things within the same breath as the UBI itself to address it. It only comes up every single time UBI is mentioned.
Rent control is brought up as the solution. If it was that easy to implement, government could do it right now too.
It is easy to implement, it's hard to enforce because not everyone is going to be forthcoming. My city is rent controlled, passed by a healthy margin, but not all landlords are self reporting. The protections still stand, renters needing to present to the renters department at city hall.
But your point stands in more conservative areas which would be inundated with campaign donations, ads, and just overall lack of faith in functioning government.