Why does the government pay for food stamps but rely on landlords to provide rent-regulated housing? Brokerage leader Jason Oppenheim, he of reality TV fame and 1.5 million Instagram followers, commented on a TRD Instagram post that the government treats hunger differently from housing. Oppenheim asked why we impose rent control on apartments, although we don’t put price controls on food as a way to combat hunger. He observed that SNAP benefits and rental vouchers are publicly funded, but rent control places the burden on landlords: “We issue food stamps only, so why wouldn’t we issue rental vouchers only? If […]

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