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A comment on 30,000 empty homes and nowhere to live: inside Dublin’s housing crisis. Parent comment

Re:30,000 empty homes and nowhere to live: inside Dublin’s h... by vkou on Thursday November 29, 2018 @01:56PM (#18562765)
> Flats can't be both affordable and good investment for superrich.

Bingo.

Actually, there's a stronger statement, here.

Housing can't both be affordable, and be a good investment.

Pick one.

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Re:30,000 empty homes and nowhere to live: inside Dublin’s h... by zanny on Thursday November 29, 2018 @06:43PM (#18565271)
This is why since 08 it has turned into an investment, though. The regulators that would fix it are at the behest of the investors paying them to exacerbate the status quo worldwide.
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