• citrusface@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    While it might seem good in theory. This is just going to result in a yearly 5% rent increase. Salaries don’t increase that much. So this doesn’t really do anything to curb the issue.

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      5 months ago

      While accurate that pay needs to rise too, some people would kill (not literally) for just a 5% increase. A lot of people have 10-15% increases so it just being 5 percent would be huge for millions of renters. And it’s not like landlords aren’t already increasing rent every year.

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        5 months ago

        Yeah, it’s still better than nothing. Just wish it was more like 2.5 - 3%. Which is more in line with what people see with yearly raises.