Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agoBiden to call for 5% cap on annual rent increases, as he tries to show plans to tame inflationapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down19cross-posted to: housing_bubble_2@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1305arrow-down1external-linkBiden to call for 5% cap on annual rent increases, as he tries to show plans to tame inflationapnews.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square69fedilinkcross-posted to: housing_bubble_2@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-squaregAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 months agoThere’s nothing to reverse, he’s just called for Congress to pass a law doing this
minus-squareYawweee877h444@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agoAnd arguably there won’t be anything to reverse in the future. Even attempting this, it’d be blocked by the republican controlled house. The sentiment is nice though. My worry is they knows it’s only sentiment, cause they know it would never pass. I’m cynical.
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoTrue. But I’ll take words over nothing. At least it’s some acknowledgment that some thing ought to be done.
There’s nothing to reverse, he’s just called for Congress to pass a law doing this
And arguably there won’t be anything to reverse in the future. Even attempting this, it’d be blocked by the republican controlled house.
The sentiment is nice though. My worry is they knows it’s only sentiment, cause they know it would never pass. I’m cynical.
True. But I’ll take words over nothing. At least it’s some acknowledgment that some thing ought to be done.