Comments on: The Rent is Too Damn High Event is Nigh

By: heh

heh — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:31:22 +0000

There’s a TL blog, bluoz.com that writes about the shenanigans of Randy Shaw and the Tenderloin Housing Coalition. Take a gander here – http://www.bluoz.com/blog/index.php?/archives/1103-Tenderloin-Housing-Clinic-evictions-2004-2010.html

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:16:14 +0000

Please attend this– we need keep everything dumpy in our neighborhood so rich stay away. Campos keep everything dumpy.

By: kate

kate — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:47:59 +0000

no they won’t. people do that now and the rent is too damn high.

By: Ferocious Foot Odor

Ferocious Foot Odor — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:23:59 +0000

I’m waiting for the “David Campos is too damn absolutist (just like Chris Daly) Party.”

By: scurvy

scurvy — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:15:54 +0000

Yup. The rent is too damned high for shitty apartments because of rent control and groups like the Housing Rights Committee of SF.

Of course the “benefit” is being held in the Mission rather than at ground zero for housing battles, the Tenderloin. Mission hipsters, have fun patting yourself on the back for doing a “good local thing…”

By: MrEricSir

MrEricSir — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:49 +0000

Want lower rents? Throw your garbage on the sidewalk, spray graffiti everywhere, and encourage gang activity. The rents will drop like a rock.

By: mitchun

mitchun — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:58:33 +0000

Agreed. The most basic law of economics is supply and demand. They actively fight against new development, thus restricting supply (while demand remains high).

Where did they think all those “yuppies” who were going to live in the condos they didn’t allow to get built were going to go? That’s right. They move into an existing apartment and pay more money for it. Thus, rents are high.

By: piratesnack

piratesnack — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:52:58 +0000

I suspect that most of the policies this group supports actually make rents higher.