jstjohn

It’s sad that a structural solution to rents increasing more than is justified (increasing with the cost of living), turned into a taxpayer funded subsidy for landlords. It would have cost the city just as much to leave rent control in place (helping every renter) and also have this subsi…

Back when my wife and I were renting from a corporate landlord in Burlingame, without fail they raised rents every year the maximum state allowed amount of 10%. After a several years our rent had increased from $1800/month to $2200/month (this was a while ago). Guess what happened the mom…

Thank you for this great piece. I just wrote my state reps expressing my support for this bill.