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Re:Millions of Americans skipping payments as wave of defaul... by elliotpage on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:48AM (#23413842)
Landlords take housing out of supply and extract rents from it. They produce nothing- the house was "provided" already, they just inserted themselves into the process.
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Re:Millions of Americans skipping payments as wave of defaul... by Thorrez on Thursday June 04, 2020 @04:00AM (#23413917)
They transform housing from one form to another. Some people find renting more convenient and flexible than buying.
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Re:Millions of Americans skipping payments as wave of defaul... by krainboltgreene on Thursday June 04, 2020 @04:23AM (#23414072)
If a few people didn't own a majority of residents the cost of owning a home would be cheaper.
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Re:Millions of Americans skipping payments as wave of defaul... by Thorrez on Friday June 05, 2020 @12:16AM (#23425017)
Why? Are the landlords currently colluding to increase prices? I think there are too many landlords for them all to collude.
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Re:Millions of Americans skipping payments as wave of defaul... by elliotpage on Thursday June 04, 2020 @05:32AM (#23414481)
That is because the buying process is an artificially inflated burden that reinforces the current system. Removing landlords would also remove the need for them to exist.
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Re:Millions of Americans skipping payments as wave of defaul... by afiori on Thursday June 04, 2020 @05:52AM (#23414599)
when I needed a place to stay for a year in a new country I am sure that the bureaucracy around buying an house was not what convinced me to rent.
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