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What do you think about rent control/mandated affordable apartments?
On a macroscopic scale these policies preserve economic diversity in our cities, and obviously on paper they look like a good idea.
However, for even our most staunchest of progressives, even you have to acknowledge that it seems a bit unfair for, say, a person who studied hard in school, took on lots of student debt, is making a decent salary ($70-80k per year), yet shares a building with somebody who gets to live in the same premises for a far lower price because he is "poor" without any regard whatsoever as to why this person is "poor".
In other words, if I'm paying $1500 for a product that a person who is "poor" is paying $600 for, then what's the point of trying?
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