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    Meanwhile Ontario removed rent control on all buildings newer than 2018 and now people find their rents going up by 40% over a year with no recourse because the government is favouring the developers over all others, and no government level wants to mandate what developers should build.

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      Meanwhile areas in North America that didn’t have rent control also show skyrocketing rents. Rent control is starting to look pretty good. I would rather get decades of lower rent than not.

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        It’s almost as if there can be multiple causes and rent control has been proven beyond all doubt to not work.

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          Areas that did not have rent control now = rent going up

          Areas that did = rent going up

          Except that areas that did still got decades of lower rent.

          You talk a lot about proof but I am not seeing any.

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          Almost, except for the parts where there’s no proof only wishful statements, and there’s more doubt than ever.