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fishythepete t1_it6yuuw wrote

Reply to comment by SwimmerNos in Proposal would ban more than 3 college students from living together in Providence by SwimmerNos

This doesn’t displace students. It would be far more likely to displace locals as students demand more units housing.

>In all honesty to make a proposal of this nature is downright negligent and ignoring the real problem at hand which is rent control.

Providence doesn’t have rent control?

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Ristray t1_it756kw wrote

Rhode Island itself doesn't have rent control.

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SwimmerNos OP t1_it7gelk wrote

Nope. A new landlord acquired the apartment my partner and I rented. This man didn't even live in PVD and owned 4 other apartments around the city. In the first year he increased the rent by 47% without making any improvements and also replaced our shared laundry and drying machines with machines that weren't only older smaller but also increased the prices.

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fishythepete t1_it8ll4u wrote

No, I’m saying rent control cannot be the problem, because it doesn’t exist.

If you think lack of rent control is the problem, you need to take a minute and understand that rent control and limits on occupant numbers are solutions in the same vein - ie they’re not.

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