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We literally have hundreds of examples of "take away regulations" not working.

We have hundreds of examples of "come down on landlords like hawks and make them suffer" working.

Stop it. Do some research.

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2016/08/la...

> Tokyo, Japan’s capital city, has a growing population of over 13 million people but house prices have hardly increased in twenty years. Why? Tokyo has a laissez-faire approach to land use that allows lots of building subject to only a few general regulations set nationally.

I don't get this argument. Right now, we literally have thousands of examples of "add regulations" not working.

That's not the same thing as coming down on landlords. We could criminalize slumlording and use civil forfeiture to turn slumlord's properties into public housing. We could put a hefty property tax on all rental properties. We could create a vacancy tax on all unoccupied units that would force prices down. The problem is landlords and land owners and their rent-seeking and speculative behavior. The solution is to stop enabling them by protecting their property rights over the well-being of the population.

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