• trailing9@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    The problem is not the landlord. They made it possible that there was a house to rent.

    The problem are other voters who prevent zoning laws that allow property that is cheap enough to buy.

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      9 months ago

      Tell that to the people who want to buy their first home but get outbid by the leeches of society who are looking to increase their investment portfolio.

      That house was already there, someone was already going to live in it, whether or not there is some middleman sucking out the money from in between.

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      9 months ago

      Landlords do not build houses, they own houses. Saying that they provide housing is equivalent to saying Jeff Bezos delivered your latest Amazon package.

      Owning things is not creating things.

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            9 months ago

            Well, didn’t they? They manage the risk that the construction of the house is profitable. You cannot build houses everywhere.

            If you don’t want landlords then you need public housing. That’s where the voters come in.

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                9 months ago

                Housing is only constructed because there are landlords. If the construction companies don’t sell the properties, they would become the landlords.

                How do you want the housing market to work without landlords?

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                  9 months ago

                  Housing is only constructed because there are landlords.

                  Bwahahahaha

                  Oh wait, youre serious, let me laugh even harder