Stupid Hunting Reporters for La Gouging – San Bernardino County Sun

The tragic wild fires in the Los Angeles region caused a deep reporting of newspapers, but they also led to clickbait nonsense.

The worst piece we saw comes from The Washington Post, which, despite its headquarters 2700 miles, recently published a piece of La-Hary rental.

The title is great: “The rent has grown 20 percent in La County after fires. This is illegal. “Well, this is not necessarily. Gajor Gavin Newsom has signed an enforcement order that applies rules for exposure to landlords throughout LA. They are really forbidden to raise the rents 10% or more above what they have previously charged.

The newspaper “analyzes the prices of about 1700 units for rent published in the two weeks before the fires on January 7 and nearly 3000 listed” in the city and the county. He found that average rentals increase from 12% for multi -family homes to 24% for single -family homes.

Up to the extent to which the publication looks at the increases of specific properties, it may have a point, but the analysis of wide brushes at average prices does not necessarily mean a violation of the extraction rules, since it is now a different set of real estate.

Maybe some people have decided to list those who have never listed before. Of course, there is other evidence of Gouging rent, but this is just the fans of the flames.

Allow prices to rise to market levels helps to effectively distribute scarce real estate lists. Once the fire has destroyed 16,000 structures, there will be fewer places.

If the government does not allow prices to rise based on demand, some people will benefit from market prices-but most people will not be able to find a place.

Although the dramatic price marks are unpleasant, they serve economic purposes and help more people find a lot of necessary homes.

For example, higher prices encourage property owners with free property (or additional rooms) to release them.

They encourage investors to develop more units. Angital lawsuits only discourage people to hire free units.

This market process would be a great story about the story of the post -editors if they want to seriously cover the consequences of hiring fires.