@scott
To be fair, rent control is one of the messiest things in politics. It scrambles standard coalitions, it’s full of weird systemic effects and unintended consequences, and half the thing that sound like good ideas are actually terrible ideas. We mostly don’t have it here in MN either — with the notable exception of St. Paul, which tangled up trying to unwind what it just did.
What we •did• get is new affordable housing construction money, which is a really good thing!