merari42@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agoIt'll end up as "Vote stupid parties, win stupid prices"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square312fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down123
arrow-up1997arrow-down1imageIt'll end up as "Vote stupid parties, win stupid prices"lemmy.worldmerari42@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square312fedilink
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoCorporations owning houses is a tiny percentage, again, home ownership rate is 60%+
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIt is not a tiny percentage, and it is getting worse.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoIt’s not even a special problem if a corp is a landlord or just one person. The problem is not enough housing, not enough construction. Housing prices are actually decreasing in Austin because Texas builds
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoLandlords are problems themselves, it doesn’t matter if it’s a corp or a person.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoThe problem is NIMBYs, not landlords
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoWhy? It’s impossible for all of the homes to be owned, we’ve been between 63-68% home ownership In fact, a nasty thing happened when the home ownership peaked around 2008
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoPublic and individual ownership. Renting for profit is predatory.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoNot everyone can just pay a down payment on a property
Corporations owning houses is a tiny percentage, again, home ownership rate is 60%+
It is not a tiny percentage, and it is getting worse.
It’s not even a special problem if a corp is a landlord or just one person.
The problem is not enough housing, not enough construction. Housing prices are actually decreasing in Austin because Texas builds
Landlords are problems themselves, it doesn’t matter if it’s a corp or a person.
The problem is NIMBYs, not landlords
The problem is Landlords.
Why? It’s impossible for all of the homes to be owned, we’ve been between 63-68% home ownership
In fact, a nasty thing happened when the home ownership peaked around 2008
Public and individual ownership. Renting for profit is predatory.
Not everyone can just pay a down payment on a property