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Re:Landlord Tech Watch – What Is Landlord Tech? by leetcrew on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @05:01PM (#24486667)
> Housing should not be a commodity at all.

what do you mean by this exactly? "commodity" usually means a fungible good (ie, one where individual units are interchangeable), which housing is certainly not (if you think it is, I have an old trailer that I would gladly trade you for your house). are you saying literally all housing should be free?

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Re:Landlord Tech Watch – What Is Landlord Tech? by Pfhreak on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @05:14PM (#24486770)
Housing should be priced by how effectively it houses people. The idea that housing is a market good that people can use as an investment vehicle undermines the actual value of having places for everyone to live at an affordable rate.

I believe everyone should have access to free housing should they require it, but that's different than housing should be free.

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