@randahl You're highlighting the wrong metric. He thinks about the people that want to build and sell the houses, not about those living in them.
It's not misinformation, it's a statement of priorities.
@signaleleven his claim that there is no incentive to build if there is rent control, does not match reality, and I provide Denmark as proof.
@randahl @signaleleven The states in the US with rent control have higher rates of homelessness, generally. I think maybe more analysis is required before you can call any of this "proof".
@ech I acknowledge your point.
But do you think Elon Musk has read a study about this before posting his claim?
@randahl @signaleleven I have no idea how much research Musk has done about rent control. For all I know his opinions are based merely on general awareness of problems associated with price controls.
My vague take on him is that he forms really strong opinions based on nontrivial-but-maybe-not-robust-enough research, but I don't know for sure, of course.
@ech That is my impression as well.