Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable

Re:Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable by ggggtez on Friday November 02, 2018 @10:47PM (#18368381)

Except that governments are free to create arbitrary laws. So there certainly are a number of schemes the government can use to balance these two things, though most people would claim they are "socialist" because many revolve around subsidizing first time homeowners.

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Re:Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable by twblalock on Saturday November 03, 2018 @02:06AM (#18368966)

Subsidizing homeowners does not hold prices down. It may actually help prices to increase, as everyone knows that they will be able to sell homes at higher prices because the government will continue to help people pay for them.

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Re:Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable by ggggtez on Sunday November 04, 2018 @11:20AM (#18376579)

I don't see the problem. You are adding in this extra "hold prices down" that isn't required.

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