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Should the government implement rent control policies to limit the amount landlords can charge for rent?

Rent control policies are regulations that limit the amount landlords can increase rent, intended to keep housing affordable. Proponents argue that it makes housing more affordable and prevents exploitation by landlords. Opponents argue that it discourages investment in rental properties and reduces the quality and availability of housing.

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78%
Yes
22%
No
76%
Yes
19%
No
1%
Yes, housing is a basic right that should be affordable to anyone
1%
No, ban corporate and foreign investors from purchasing residential real estate instead
1%
Yes, but only in areas with housing shortages
1%
No, studies show that rent control does not lower rent
1%
No, incentivize the development of new housing instead
0%
No, rent controls have been shown to limit the supply of housing

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 @B3DPTK8from Alberta  answered…2wks2W

Only for corporate landlords, not private owners renting unless they have more than 3 units

 @B2L42TMfrom Ontario  answered…1mo1MO

No, create a quota that 60% of the rental housing needs need to be developed by nonprofits

 @B2HMZCYfrom Alberta  answered…2mos2MO

It’s been made very clear that the government has no interest in doing so however I do feel that the housing market has gone beyond outrageous in terms of pricing and affordability

 @B2W38R6from Ontario  answered…4wks4W

YES. Rents are outrageously high and rent control is the only thing that slows that for profit land-lords creating the much of the housing crisis.

 @B2C6CJZfrom British Columbia  answered…2mos2MO

Yes, but not until the housing market stabilizes and cost of living which greatly effect the cost of mortgages and other expenses that in turn make the cost of rent fluctuate area to area

 @B2BMK7Bfrom Alberta  answered…2mos2MO

Yes, & ban corporate & foreign investors from purchasing residential real estate.

 @B29H2J5from Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

There should be regulations on how much a landlord can increase rent year over year, but building additional housing should be the priority.

 @B26DKV3from Nova Scotia  answered…3mos3MO

Yes, but only in buildings with ten apartments and above

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Peace Over Party: Arab American Leaders Stun Democrats with Mass Trump Endorsement

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The Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a defense policy bill directing $895 billion toward the Pentagon and other military activities, moving over the objections of some Democrats who opposed a provision added late in the negotiations that would deny coverage for transgender health procedures for minors.The 85-to-14 vote, coming a week after a divided House passed the same measure, cleared the bill for President Biden’s signature.Most Republicans and many Democrats supported the measure, which provides a 14.5 percent pay raise to junior enlisted service members and a 4.5 percent pay raise for all other service members. It also expands access to meal assistance, housing and child care programs that benefit those in uniform.But several Democrats withheld their backing in protest of a provision preventing TRICARE, the military’s health care plan for service members, from covering “medical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria that could result in sterilization” for children under 18.The language, which would affect the gender-transitioning children of service members, was recently added to the measure at the insistence of Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, who refused to bring a defense bill to the House floor without it, according to aides familiar with the negotiations.Twenty-one Democrats, led by Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, proposed an amendment to strip the provision from the bill, but the matter was never brought to a vote. Several of them took to the floor on Tuesday to lodge their objections.“It’s flat-out wrong to put this provision in this bill and take away a service member’s freedom to make that decision for their families,” Ms. Baldwin said, estimating that the provision could negatively affect as many as 6,000 to 7,000 military families.

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