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Kirbyoto t1_ivorhwn wrote

Reply to comment by Karen1968a in Good job Worcester! We passed the CPA! by legalpretzel

>Rents about to increase

Those poor, desperate landlords will have no choice but to raise rents by 50x the actual cost of the CPA. How tragic! They're trying their best!

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Karen1968a t1_ivosox4 wrote

I’m sure some will use it as a reason

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Kirbyoto t1_ivotizs wrote

They'll do that because they're liars. Just like the businesses who claim times are tough while raking in record profits, or the employers who claim nobody wants to work anymore while refusing to actually hire people.

The problem here is the landlords, not the CPA. The solution is to tighten the screws on them and prevent them from getting away with their ridiculous extortion.

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id0ntwantyourlife t1_ivr4wvf wrote

I mean a shit ton of businesses did have to close their doors permanently over the past 2 years

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Karen1968a t1_ivovmlt wrote

They do that because they can. Welcome to the real world

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Kirbyoto t1_ivox22j wrote

They can because they're allowed to. If they're prevented from doing it, they can't do it anymore. That's what legislation is for. Welcome to the real world.

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Karen1968a t1_ivoyc7k wrote

I agree. You’ll never see that legislation passed though. Money is the lifeblood of politics, even in liberal Massachusetts. Renters have no money, they do have plenty of time, and can make a lot of noise, but ultimately the landlords and property owners who do have money, will prevail.

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Kirbyoto t1_ivoyzlu wrote

>You’ll never see that legislation passed though.

That's a funny thing to say for someone who can't stop complaining about how much taxes will increase costs. The rhetoric you're using to complain about the CPA is the same rhetoric that landlords will use to complain about legislation against them, and frankly I feel like if there was a ballot question about controlling landlords, you'd be arguing against it.

Long story short - if the landlords are the problem, blame them, not the taxes. The taxes aren't making the prices go up, the landlords are - they're just using the taxes as an excuse. The lesson is that the government should go further, not ease up.

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Karen1968a t1_ivp0umt wrote

Well yes I would. And yes increasing taxes does lead to increased rents. Is it the only reason? No. But it’s a contributing factor.

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SmartSherbet t1_ivp3ejz wrote

Which means they'd have done it whether or not we passed the CPA, and this policy actually will have little effect on rent in the city outside of what landlords would have done anyway.

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