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I don't think that logically follows. It alleviates pressure because it undercuts the collusion. But permitting unfettered collusion doesn't improve any renter's position.
What we should want is a broader and more strict rent control policy that ultimately encourages landlords to divest, not a monopoly renter that experiences marginally more enmity.
Older generations didn't get it. They were under the same boot we see today.
The big difference is the changes in bureaucratic practice and the profit margin over time. But the idea that we don't want rent control because Boomers used to have it? Totally revisionist.
No, renters positions aren't improved by the turbo chuds getting rid of rent control, but it forces them to resort to more than stalling tactics. Rent control doesn't actively improve their position or grant any leverage. It can be signed away instantaneously, it's the perfect capital-friendly reform. It stops the parasite from killing its host.
I disagree that older western generations didn't get better welfare or have a smoother ramp into homeownership/becoming landlords themselves. That's kind of the point of them going turbo chud and denying it to their kids lol