How California Became America’s Housing Market Nightmare

Re:How California Became America’s Housing Market Nightmare by malvosenior on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @01:32PM (#21465473)

I would argue that buying a house does give you the inalienable right to live there forever (if you so choose). Anything else is basically the elimination of the concept of private property.

Kicking people out of their houses is not a sign of a healthy society.

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Re:How California Became America’s Housing Market Nightmare by rcpt on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @07:20PM (#21469119)

You're confusing the "fee simple" notion of land tenure that we have in the United States with "allodial title" which doesn't happen anywhere anymore because it turns out that's a terrible way to run a society.

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Re:How California Became America’s Housing Market Nightmare by malvosenior on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @08:06PM (#21469433)

I'm not confusing anything, you just don't agree with my position.

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Re:How California Became America’s Housing Market Nightmare by rcpt on Thursday November 07, 2019 @01:08PM (#21475642)

> buying a house does give you the inalienable right to live there forever (if you so choose)

That's simply not how it works in the United States. The government here is allowed to levy taxes on you for fencing off a portion of our land from other citizens.

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Re:How California Became America’s Housing Market Nightmare by tmh79 on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @01:58PM (#21465768)

so you support rent control below CPI?

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Re:How California Became America’s Housing Market Nightmare by malvosenior on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @02:08PM (#21465876)

No. I don't think the government should be manipulating the housing market directly like that.

I do think it should invest more in building low income houses and that zoning should mix incomes though. I think that would make for a healthier environment for everyone.

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