On: Rent controls have split housing in Berlin into two distinct markets

[kuschku]

Because you can define the cap so e.g. it only applies for one apartment per person, so you can't use it to get multiple ones cheap.

[varjag → kuschku]

One apartment per person or per family? If per family, is it still per person if the couple is not legally married? If they are married, but divorce, get an apartment each and then re-marry, are they supposed to give up the properties?

What if my nephew from another town moves in to live, it becomes tight… are they eligible too?

There are plenty of places in the world where real estate was/is rationed or distributed, and they all end up having very similar social distortions.

[bluGill → varjag]

>If they are married, but divorce, get an apartment each and then re-marry

Or more likely divorce to get the apartment, but continue to live as if married except for purposes of that extra apartment. It isn't unheard of for couples to not legally marry today because of the tax difference even though for all social purposes they act as married. That is despite some social pressure to marry.

[creddit → kuschku]

Oh so you mean you would want rationing too. How is that related to rent control then?

[kuschku → creddit]

You get the first one rent controlled, if you want more you can pay the free market price.

Rationing+Rent Control is useful to provide a baseline evetyone deserves, the free market is nest for luxury products

[leetcrew → kuschku]

you can still use it to get a 2BR or 3BR when you only need a studio.