San Francisco has banned RealPage, a software company that computer-generates recommended rents for landlord clients in what some are calling a price-fixing scheme. It’s a step toward curbing rent-raising collusion between landlords.
It’s a shame that even in a place like San Francisco, it’s apparently impossible to enact rent control.
It wasn’t until very recently that SF became synonymous with progressive politics like it is today. For most of the 20th century, it was a highly conservative, “rich people,” city. That kind of embedded wealth doesn’t just go away within a few decades, SF is still pretty conservative at its core.
I know that something like this won’t accomplish much, but like gun control, I’m a huge fan of making it terribly inconvenient to do the wrong thing.
It’s a shame that even in a place like San Francisco, it’s apparently impossible to enact rent control.
It wasn’t until very recently that SF became synonymous with progressive politics like it is today. For most of the 20th century, it was a highly conservative, “rich people,” city. That kind of embedded wealth doesn’t just go away within a few decades, SF is still pretty conservative at its core.
I didn’t know. Thanks for sharing.