There's two vectors here and people seem to not realize that, isolated from the short term suffering going on right now.
Rental control is short term relief. Obviously, using short term solutions long term is bad. This shouldn't be an enigma.
Building housing is long term. We cannot build new houses in a year. At least, not that I know of. But new houses in 4 years does not help the citizens knocked onto the streets in those times.
You need to relive those people while also securing the future. That's why rent control fails without a proper housing reform.
You can't be mad at a pipe bursting that you used duct tape to cover. But maybe that duct tape buys you time to find a plumber, who needs time to find the right size pipes. So duct tape is still really useful, just not the end all be all.
Rental control is short term relief. Obviously, using short term solutions long term is bad. This shouldn't be an enigma.
Building housing is long term. We cannot build new houses in a year. At least, not that I know of. But new houses in 4 years does not help the citizens knocked onto the streets in those times.
You need to relive those people while also securing the future. That's why rent control fails without a proper housing reform.
You can't be mad at a pipe bursting that you used duct tape to cover. But maybe that duct tape buys you time to find a plumber, who needs time to find the right size pipes. So duct tape is still really useful, just not the end all be all.