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Assumption #1: Rent control is a disincentive to maintain and construct residential rental <br />properties. <br />If this assumption is corre4 it would be expected that, In Berkeley and Santa Monica, the total <br />number of rental housing units would decrease, but similar declines would not be observed <br />in the counties, Also, it should be observed that there appears to be greater decreases among <br />large apartment houses, as those larger pieces of property can be more profitably converted <br />to commercialuses. Table 1 contains city and county rental housing counts. <br />MOLE r <br />PERCENT CHANGE IN RENTAL HOUSING COUNTS <br />BY TOTAL AND TYPE OF UNIT <br />Berkeleyvs. Alameda County <br />Santa Monica vs. Los Angeles County <br />.1980.1990 <br />Housing Variables <br />Berkeley <br />7-9M1990 Percent Change <br />Alameda Santa <br />County Monica <br />dos Angeles <br />County <br />Total Ranter -Occupied <br />Housing Units <br />-12.10% <br />1105010 <br />-4.90% <br />10.07% <br />Renter -Occupied Housing <br />Units by Structure <br />Single, detached <br />-25.53 <br />7.15 <br />-11.24 <br />3.73 <br />Single, attached <br />-29,02 <br />24.56 <br />-22.39 <br />28,59 <br />2 -unit structures <br />-10,01 <br />6.09 <br />14:71 <br />5.03 <br />3-4 unit structures <br />-17:64 <br />7.65 <br />6.855 <br />8.27 <br />5-9 unit structures <br />-11.57 <br />13.13 <br />•8.84 <br />10.95 <br />10-49 unit structures <br />-46,88 <br />7.78 <br />•15.19 <br />13.14 <br />Sources- t9Sd US. Census, Table 102, SMI <br />r990 US, Ciettisus, Table tt2:2, 5TF3a.. <br />The data show that the number of rental housing units declined in the two study cities, while <br />the number increased in the counties. The greatest declines in Berkeley were in the buildings <br />with 10 to 45 units. In Santa Monica, declines in 10 to 49 unit structures were not as dramatic <br />as in Berkeley, but they exceeded the declines in the county by a significant amount. <br />Of equal importance are the sharp declines in the single-family attached and detached rental <br />homes In both Berkeley and Santa Monica. While the Census data do notshow what <br />to these units, it can be suggested that they have been demolished in favor of other uses; or <br />converted toowner-occupied housing. Since the city ordinances were focused onpreserving <br />existing rental housing stock, the data clearly indicate a precipitous decline in this type of <br />housing, <br />The Calrldrnra 5tak uniyeYsrty—Real Estate& Land We Institute <br />3 <br />