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Re:The Great American Single-Family Home Problem by kleiba on Saturday December 02, 2017 @04:36AM (#15831168)
The people that own the building might want to do something else with it and since they own it that's their choice.

Well, that depends. One could argue that by allowing you to establish a home in their apartment building (in exchange for rent), they've taken on a responsibility towards you. Nobody can build up a decent life if they were under the constant fear to be evicted. That's why as a tenant, you are especially worth of protection from arbitrary actions would make you lose your home, no matter if the building you live in belongs to someone else. In other words, there must be a very good reason for the landlord to make you move out, such as e.g., they need it for themselves to live in.

At least that's one way of seeing it.

Re:The Great American Single-Family Home Problem by xbzbanna on Sunday December 03, 2017 @01:36AM (#15836312)
When you lease an apartment, you agree to a lease term that secured that apartment for a particular amount of time. That's the arrangement. 99 year leases are possible, if that's what you're looking for.
Re:The Great American Single-Family Home Problem by kleiba on Sunday December 10, 2017 @11:37AM (#15892134)
That depends on what legislation you live in. The model I described above conforms to the law in Germany.