And rent control has made people unable to rent and break even. With few exceptions rent can only be raised 5% + 10 % for inflation. This is stupid when inflation for everything is higher. And you can no longer hire someone for a couple days work, without making them an employee, requiring you pay unemployment and withhold taxes from their pay. You have to do this even to have a babysitter for 1 hour. You don't have to for relatives, which is hard for me because I am running out of handyman relatives.