lsat-15-2-11

tianwan

Unless they are used as strictly temporary measures, rent-control ordinances (municipal regulations placing limits on rent increases) have several negative effects for renters. One of these is that the controls will bring about a shortage of rental units. This disadvantage for renters occurs over the long run, but the advantage—smaller rent increases—occurs immediately. In many municipalities, specifically in all those where tenants of rent-control units have a secure hold on political power and can get rent-control ordinances enacted or repealed, it is invariably the desire for short-term gain that guides those tenants in the exercise of that power.

If the statements above are true, which one of the following can be properly inferred from them?

(A) It is impossible for landlords to raise rents when rent controls are in effect.

(B) In many municipalities rent-control ordinances are repealed as soon as shortages of rental unites arise.

(C) The only negative effect of tent control for renters is that it brings about a shortage of rental units.

(D) In many municipalities there is now, or eventually will be, a shortage of rental units.（D）

(E) In the long term, a shortage of rental units will raise rents substantially.

Why the answer is D, not B?

cranberry

因为从文章中，并不能读出这个意思，文中只讲会出现SHORTAGE，却没讲这个SHORTAGE的结果是什么，虽然根据经济学的原理，这个结论可能是对的。

weiyu

    

原文的推理:

没有负面影响(缺房子)->暂时执行措施; 房客们掌权可以废除措施, 但不废除;

结论应当是负面影响产生(D);

tianwan

谢谢cranberry，weiyu。懂了。