Re:Why Are Corporations Hoarding Trillions?
by jordanthoms on Thursday January 21, 2016 @11:13PM
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A landlord may try to increase rent knowing that the tenants now have a basic income, however that creates an opportunity for someone else to provide housing at a cheaper price - it's no different from any other market, as long as you don't have massive supply-side restrictions like in some major cities.
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Re:Why Are Corporations Hoarding Trillions?
by dredmorbius on Thursday January 21, 2016 @11:39PM
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Housing has significant switching costs. It's not as if you can simply switch to buying a different brand of bread.
You've got to search for an alternate location, consider schools, work, commutes. Neighbors. Etc.
I can see major arguments for managing rent as a social function.
Though that depends heavily on supply and demand factors as well.