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Re:Turns out claims Airbnb was taking houses out of the rent... by BubRoss on Sunday March 22, 2020 @07:37AM (#22654242)
How are people being 'denied' affordable housing? Do you mean to say that your ideal location is more than you want to spend? Did you find a place to live that was affordable and someone denied you from buying it?
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Re:Turns out claims Airbnb was taking houses out of the rent... by charleslmunger on Sunday March 22, 2020 @10:04AM (#22654993)
In many places it is literally illegal to build anything but the most expensive type of housing, due to single family zoning.
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Re:Turns out claims Airbnb was taking houses out of the rent... by BubRoss on Sunday March 22, 2020 @12:49PM (#22656353)
What is making you live there?
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Re:Turns out claims Airbnb was taking houses out of the rent... by blackrock on Monday March 23, 2020 @03:56AM (#22662007)
How about a job? Even if it takes over an hour for your commute.

How about close proximity to family and relatives?

Sure, you can move to middle-of-nowhere Texas, and buy land for cheap, but how are you going to pay for that cheaper mortgage, if there are no jobs around? Maybe you can get a telecommuting job?

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Re:Turns out claims Airbnb was taking houses out of the rent... by BubRoss on Monday March 23, 2020 @11:06AM (#22664784)
The question here is what constitutes someone being 'denied' housing. Is needing to live with roommates being 'denied' housing?
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Re:Turns out claims Airbnb was taking houses out of the rent... by csp256 on Sunday March 22, 2020 @02:23PM (#22657220)
Those goalposts gave me whiplash.
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Re:Turns out claims Airbnb was taking houses out of the rent... by BubRoss on Sunday March 22, 2020 @04:12PM (#22658194)
The person I replied to said housing was being 'denied' to millions. Living somewhere with expensive housing, whatever the reason, is not being 'denied' a place to live. There is an enormous amount of entitlement that goes in to thinking not being able to live somewhere already extremely desirable is being 'denied' a place to live.
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