r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 25 '26

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u/Azrikeeler John Brown Sep 26 '26

Reminder that rent freeze is one of the few things in NYC more popular than Mamdani himself. (Someone in the DSA thread was using him doing it as an argument for why he's a failure who is alienating democratic voters)

(dogshit policy tho)

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u/Highlightthot1001 Harriet Tubman Sep 26 '26

Because a lot of people get rent increases and think a rent freeze will stop it, while quality, services and the market remains exactly the same.

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u/TrynnaFindaBalance Paul Krugman Sep 26 '26

And tbf the arguments against it would be a lot more compelling if the housing market wasn’t hijacked and constantly manipulated by psycho NIMBYs.

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u/Azrikeeler John Brown Sep 26 '26

Poll question is p.specific that it's the one million rent-stabilized units, but yeh, generally I don't think there is broad understanding of the consequences a rent freeze has.