"Could it be worth considering that those benefiting from rent-regulation might also benefit from being able to find a new place at a similar price?"
If rent-regulated tenants are getting a market-busting deal on their cheap apartments then by definition, they aren't going to do better on the free market. If they aren't getting a great deal, then they aren't really affecting the market.
As for these theories about raising people's rents to "help" them move somewhere else...we're really getting deep into the doublethink here.
My account is rate limited. Responding here, then going away.
"arrow interpretations of definitions to support a point don’t actually provide much useful insight to the topic being discussed, and are seen as distracting. So these non-useful comments are being downvoted to make them less visible. It is not an issue of whether they are technically correct."
Except, I'm not arguing for or against a "point", only that the terminology was wrong. But it does matter, because it leads to confusion, and if you stop to think about it for longer than it takes to jab at the downvote button, the reason why it matters is interesting.
It's not that people here are thinking about the subject carefully, they're just disagreeing reflexively.
If rent-regulated tenants are getting a market-busting deal on their cheap apartments then by definition, they aren't going to do better on the free market. If they aren't getting a great deal, then they aren't really affecting the market.
As for these theories about raising people's rents to "help" them move somewhere else...we're really getting deep into the doublethink here.
(posting on another account because rate limits)