How Rental Restrictions Hurt Renters
Protect Salinas Residents — Protect Housing Availability
Provided by Protect Salinas Residents (Sources and research referenced from housing policy studies and community stakeholder input including local housing providers and tenants.)
The Real Story About Rent Control & Rental Registries
The proposed Salinas rent stabilization and rental registry ordinance goes beyond basic tenant protection. Evidence from cities across California shows these policies reduce available housing, push up market rents, and discourage long-term investment in rental homes.
The result is predictable: fewer homes available and higher prices for the next renter.
FACT vs FICTION
Rent control lowers rents citywide
Rent control protects some current tenants but raises rents for everyone else by reducing available housing and increasing competition for remaining units.
Rental registries are harmless paperwork
Registries require mandatory reporting of rental property information and tenant occupancy data. Public disclosure risks privacy and safety while adding costs that push small housing providers out of the rental market.
Stabilization stops rent increases
Rents still rise — often to the maximum allowed every year — while shortages cause even larger increases in non-regulated housing.
These policies create affordable housing
Cities adopting similar ordinances saw rental supply shrink as owners sold, converted, or removed units from the market — making housing harder to find and more expensive.
The Facts Are Clear.
Now It's Time to Vote.
Protect Salinas Residents is committed to evidence-based housing policy that works for renters, property owners, and our entire community.
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