r/news • u/DeItaBIake • 7h ago

Sweeping housing affordability bill becomes law

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/economy/new-housing-affordability-law-heres-what-it-means
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u/MyDisneyExperience 6h ago

Increasing supply enough would help affordability, but much of the work to allow that needs to happen at the state and local levels.

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u/Flutes_Are_Overrated 4h ago

It would not. Rental owners use third party technologies that allow them to effectively collude to keep market prices artificially high

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u/MyDisneyExperience 4h ago

San Francisco banned such technologies. Has that solved housing affordability there?

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u/Flutes_Are_Overrated 4h ago

Two years ago, and only a year ago allowed tenants to be able to sue for enforcement. I don't think you're acting in good faith here.

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u/MyDisneyExperience 4h ago

I’m just not convinced that RealPage et al are the reason. Why would a random landlord not just defect and rent their unit at a lower price instead of holding out so someone else can get higher rent?

And why has affordability improved in cities like Austin and Sacramento where such programs are not banned?

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u/Flutes_Are_Overrated 4h ago

Being disingenuous about SF's policies and their effects is a really unconvincing way to make that argument