• Alto
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    92 years ago

    “forcing people to give up large portions of their income while building absolutely no equity in it simply to not be homeless due to policies we lobbied for isn’t exploitative!”

    • @[email protected]
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      32 years ago

      No one’s forcing anyone to rent any specific place. People have a choice. There’s thousands of rentals. They can live with family or friends.

      If people want to build equity in something, they can buy their own property.

      There’s nothing exploitative about trading money for a service. People trade money for services every single day. You want your oil changed for you? You pay someone to do it. You pull your car into their facility, they use their tools, and you gain a service – for a price.

      • @[email protected]
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        52 years ago

        -> landlords buy buildings -> less buildings available for sale -> price goes up -> people cant afford buying homes -> people rent

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            2 years ago

            No, not every landlord is horrible and renting definitely has it’s place, but it shouldn’t be the only option you get unless you want to spend 700k

            Like the other comment said, it becomes a problem when large groups are buying up all properties

          • Alto
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            Then there’s the real world.

            Large groups of landlords/property management companies buy the majorityvof residential buildings in and area -> theres essentially nowhere else left to live -> they collude to increase prices