>Agreed! Just added it.

Would be great if salaries could also be made to follow that as well. 3% market adjustment here!

Then what?

Would love a bagel category

It was never really that bad in DC. In fact DC always had one of the more painless DMVs. At least compared to where I came from in Illinois.

This is awesome!!! Thanks so much for sharing!

Indian category? I feel like DC has numerous great spots, both well-known and tucked away

Sure. Whatever. I wasn't married to 35 years. I was advocating changing from 1975.

I understand what you're arguing, but 35 years is more generous than similar laws around the country, which typically use 15-20 years.

I'm advocating for something based on the age of the unit instead of a hard date. 35 years is a suggestion to not be too disruptive when experimenting.

8.9%? That’s it?

The national average for CPI last year was 7.5%, nearly the same the year before, and that the national average. It’s more in HCOLareas like DC.

So while no one likes their rent going up, you can’t uncouple the cost of rent from the cost of maintaining that roof over your head.

The $114 or $200 are both with healthcare ~ that was why I asked if you understood the tip credit: healthcare in conjunction with the tip credit was already a thing before the pandemic/ I-82.

Different establishments have different protocols on where the service fee goes, and based on the experience of the server determines whether they can move to a different job or not - it really isn’t as if they are saying ‘I’m not making what I’m worth, so I’ll leave’ and is closer to saying ‘no one will hire me because I’m not experienced enough’ ~ which doesn’t even scratch the surface as to whether they are good or bad at the job.

The reality is management was always on the hook to pay whatever the minimum wage was if sales were low - they grumbled about healthcare, and ironed out what food cost to raise to meet the new labor demands.

Without the cushion of the tip credit, and the rest of the financial responsibilities that they have to contend with, they aren’t going to trim their profit margins — truth be told: the customer has always been responsible for keeping the doors open, and the cost of doing business was somewhat hidden; however, now that certain people demanded that the tax credit be removed in favor of using a standard wage, restaurants are going to pass that responsibility onto you.

The elephant in the room is that the gratuity industry that many detest generates about $48bil annually (yes, just tips..) and that the argument to increase wages/ remove the tip credit was a means to tax food service workers more.

Except for when WMATA used those fishy brake pads.

JFC - it’s one thing to carjack people, but to shoot them on top of it?

Yes, which many in this thread believe isn't enough. 35 years would only add 12 years of units with the newest being in the late 80s. Every year, it would add a year more of units, but I would have to look at building permits issued by year to determine if that's even a significant number of units.

Here's a study to backup my assertions:

https://www.cura.umn.edu/research/minneapolis-rent-stabilization-study

Just want to reply to your edit. There is limited evidence that shows a direct effect on limiting supply. See the UMN study on Minneapolis Rent Stabilization.

https://www.cura.umn.edu/research/minneapolis-rent-stabilization-study

Additionally it's silly to say "price control any other product" when housing operates very differently from consumer goods. Housing is particularly unique due to it's fixed location, the lack of standardization (units can have significant differences) its status as a basic necessity, the barriers to entry for creating it, the local market effects, the cultural norms, and all of the factors around the financing of housing. The United States has had limited interventions in price ceilings that mostly relate to emergency situations, so most of what we have to go off of are functionally economic thought experiments where we set "all else equal" and even the most adherent followers of classical economics would tell you that models do not map accurately to the real world.

This is great advice. For the love of god, do not talk to anyone on the street.

For sure. You could always put yourself on the sub lists if you don't want to commit to a full season – they typically run from spring to fall.

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It currently only applies to units built before 1976.

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I agree 100%.

CP is in PG County.