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    1 year 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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          1 year 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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              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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                1 year ago

                Housing is only constructed because there are landlords.

                Bwahahahaha

                Oh wait, youre serious, let me laugh even harder

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                    1 year ago

                    There shouldn’t be a housing market, markets are inefficient, and you shouldn’t create winners and losers around basic human needs.