Editor,
In response to Mr. Caggiano’s and others’ letters calling for rent control I would ask you to imagine yourself as a plumber, carpenter, electrician or any other independent worker and the people in your community think you charge too much. They approach the city officials or try to enact a ballot measure to lower your charges. Would you consider that fair or even legal?
This is a highly emotional issue but to reach a rational solution we must remove the emotion and look objectively at the situation. We must remember that a rental unit is someone’s business and unless you want the government to tell your business what you can charge you shouldn’t be looking for them to restrict someone else’s business. We also mistakenly speak about renters being evicted from their “home.” It is not “their” home. It is the owner’s home. When you rent a car from Avis, it’s not your car. A renter enters into a legal agreement to occupy a residence for a specific length of time for a negotiated rate. When that time expires, he has no further right to occupy that residence unless the owner desires to re-lease to him.
There is no entitlement once the lease expires regardless of the length of time one has occupied the unit. I think most landlords would agree that no one should be evicted before their lease expires for other than health or safety issues. I hope that our elected officials don’t get swept away by the emotion and panic overcoming the rental community.
Steven Howard
Redwood City
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