Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by David Youngberg
“While New York City is on the cusp of electing a mayor who adores the thoroughly discredited policy of rent control, another American city is poised to blaze a new trail in questionable housing policy. Residents of Duluth, Minnesota, will this week weigh in on Question 1, known locally as Right to Repair. Unlike the more common use of the term, which concerns people repairing property they own, Duluth’s version allows tenants to repair property they do not own, and at their landlord’s expense. In an attempt to address under-repaired dwellings, the law incentivizes over-repair. Much like rent control, it is likely to create more problems than it fixes.” (11/02/25)
https://fee.org/articles/this-tenant-right-to-repair-law-will-create-more-problems-than-it-fixes/