if they did that I'd sell out and move my investments somewhere else. --23.121.xx.xxx

We are surrounded by Socialists who think they are doing God''s work when they would be destroying the basic human need to survive by working for an internal need not someone else's need. Man we got to vote the R way in every election from now on. --73.248.xxx.xxx

The reason for rent control or rent stabilization as it is called is not to control rent but bankrupt private sector rental housing providers then the government becomes the sole provider of all rental units with absolutely no rent control. So expropriation is nothing new. After the Bolshevik revolution the concept of someone making a profit for producing food was unacceptable. So the Bolsheviks set low prices so the Kulaks or Russian farmers could not exist then there was collective farms which did not product enough food. In theory non-profit sounds good but in reality there are many problems with non-profit rental housing in Ontario or Canada. One building had no hot water for over two months where the tenants had to endure as the building inspectors turn away. One tenant found out that he had to pay a 45 per cent increase or leave as government owned rental units are exempt from rent control. --147.194.xxx.xx

Signs of the times... I would not want to own rental property anywhere where more than 50% of the voters are tenants. Landlords make easy targets for politicians looking to buy votes. --98.146.xxx.xxx

Govt workers, lacking profit motive, has no incentive to maintain housing properly or to screen tenants. --173.20.xxx.xxx

Political HAIR BRAIN IDEA'S in 99.9% of the cases are to divert attention from real issues. The shell game and slight of hand. --99.103.xxx.xxx

Sid,they have no incentive and no ability whatsoever either --72.231.xxx.xxx

I own property in an area where more than fifty percent of the voters are Democrats so all the elected officials are also. That's the problem in NJ and why we are going to be a sanctuary state. It's not the tenants because most don't vote. It's the residents who vote for the wwrong party and all the Dems want is more money to play with and buy votes. --73.248.xxx.xxx

That says everything you need to know --73.182.xxx.xxx

I don't know what the percentage of renters are where I am but I know there are a whole lot more now then before the recession and I bet it is likely that way all across the country. --73.120.xx.xxx

Fool you. Since he was a school board member he has only been in it for himself. The math is simple re developers = money he will fuel his future ambitions this way. The other stuff is a diversion that plays well. --66.87.xxx.x

In our state they passed several blight bills that allow non-profits and communities seize property. They are proving hard to enforce as judges are still worried about private property rights. - at least for now --72.23.xxx.xx