In response to the defeat of Proposition 21 and his own efforts to pass rent control laws, Assemblyman David Chiu said, “Ensuring tenant protections has always been an incredibly difficult thing to achieve in California politics.”

Questions ( 1 paragraph for each) :

1. In response to the defeat of Proposition 21 and his own efforts to pass rent control laws, Assemblyman David Chiu said, “Ensuring tenant protections has always been an incredibly difficult thing to achieve in California politics.” (https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2020-11-04/liberal-california-defeated-rent-control-again-housing-crisis) Why?

2. California has a tight rental market. It is very difficult to find apartments in many CA cities and rent is high and increasing at a rate many times inflation. Why? How might this fact affect support for rent control? Hint: under what circumstances do landlords have the most to lose from rent control?

3. Low-income housing advocates, such as the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, have joined with NIMBI groups to oppose the construction of new, dense housing in California cities despite the fact that housing research finds that new construction is the key to ending the CA housing crisis. In your opinion, do low-income housing advocates have the right strategy? Would a better strategy be one that promoted rent control and new construction?

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