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Visible-Education-98 t1_j71n7xo wrote

Reply to comment by keegan1015 in State lawmakers introduce bill to bring back rent control by HRJafael

What do you remember about it?

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keegan1015 t1_j71qr58 wrote

Blocks of boarded up buildings, people walking away from their homes, rather than deal with the city politics no investment in the community neighbors leaving apartments, vacant, (which is what I did when I bought my first house) and that’s just for starters you really had to be there/grow up with it to understand

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Visible-Education-98 t1_j72i8ns wrote

I think you might be confusing the phenomenon of White flight during the 70s/80s in Boston. That can be attributed more to forced busing than rent control. I know, I lived through it.

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keegan1015 t1_j72nxvp wrote

Not confusing anything the term “white flight” people moving out of Boston for towns with better schools was limited in scope, and only affected a few streets/areas if you lived through this you would know that.

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Visible-Education-98 t1_j738g8p wrote

It affected the whole city….every neighborhood, by law, was desegregated. Rent control on the other hand was limited in scope once the federal government implemented Section 8 housing.

Rent control was applied to certain properties. So, no matter your income if you were in a rent controlled apartment your rent didn’t increase. Many people got WEALTHY while living in rent controlled apartments, which was the real reason they got rid of it. People making really good money were in those properties and the people who were the targeted beneficiaries of the program got the shaft and ended up in public housing.

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keegan1015 t1_j73jyh9 wrote

The only statement that you made that is true is that desegregation was citywide

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Visible-Education-98 t1_j746sh2 wrote

Ya, because you KNOW everything. Too bad, rent control will be a reality in 2 months! Cannot wait.

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