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		shuckles on March 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rent controls have split housing in Berlin into tw... Not quite true. California passed statewide rent control at inflation + 5% in 2019. Now some have moved the goalposts and called that rent stabilization instead of control because it allow rents to increase. New construction is exempt, though.

nostrademons on March 3, 2021 [–]

I thought that was the difference between rent control and rent stabilization.

https://www.apartmentguide.com/blog/rent-control-vs-rent-sta...

https://rentguidelinesboard.cityofnewyork.us/resources/faqs/...

Yep, those are the definitions. It looks like rent stabilization policies are frequently mis-termed "rent control", though.

shuckles on March 3, 2021 | [–]

My point is that the layperson doesn’t appreciate the difference.

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