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Re:Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2... by dillonmckay on Thursday May 02, 2019 @07:06AM (#19806603)
Regarding #2, there are quite a few instances of eminent domain, where the government forces the sale of the home, and this is not limited to government infrastructure projects.

We have examples of folks losing their homes to build gas pipelines and shopping malls.

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Re:Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2... by dragonwriter on Thursday May 02, 2019 @11:49PM (#19815361)
> Regarding #2, there are quite a few instances of eminent domain, where the government forces the sale of the home, and this is not limited to government infrastructure projects.

As renters are also fully exposed to those, the existence of them does not alter the degree of the stability advantage for home ownership over renting.

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Re:Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2... by bluGill on Thursday May 02, 2019 @10:17AM (#19808120)
Yes those exist. However they are in general rare events though.
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