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Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. Election day is fast approaching, and with it a decision that could have major implications for the country’s housing shortage. I don’t mean the presidential election, in which I don’t think there’s an obvious “pro-housing” major party candidate. Harris and Trump are both offering a mixed bag of policies and rhetoric that will build housing with one hand and block it with the other. Rather, I’m referring to California’s Proposition 33, which gives voters the option of repealing all state-level limitations on rent control. The implicati…

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