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Re:California will pay off all past due rent by ipaddr on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @01:44AM (#27601149)
I haven't seen any unoccupied home that wasn't under immediate repair in a city in awhile. Not in bigger cities. The prices are going up so vacant places get sold if unneeded.
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Re:California will pay off all past due rent by lucian1900 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @03:45AM (#27601886)
London and Dublin famously both have large numbers of luxury homes entirely unoccupied, used as investment vehicles. The number of empty homes in fact exceeds the number of homeless people.
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Re:California will pay off all past due rent by ipaddr on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @03:28PM (#27608927)
The parent comment said North America. Property rights seem different in England.. if someone moved into that vacant home for 7 years they can claim the right not to be removed. I guess these big homes have security.
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Re:California will pay off all past due rent by lucian1900 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:29PM (#27609871)
They’re mostly luxury flats in central areas, requiring little in the way of security. Squatting is impractical in this case.
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