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Re:Berlin buys thousands of apartments from corporate landlords by djrogers on Saturday September 18, 2021 @10:45AM (#28576655)
> Housing shouldn’t be an investment, for corporates

If it’s not, you’re essentially going to eliminate privately owned rental housing.

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Re:Berlin buys thousands of apartments from corporate landlords by ohgodplsno on Saturday September 18, 2021 @11:32AM (#28577012)
Just like cars depreciating eliminated privately owned car rentals.

Oh, wait, no it didn't. Housing is the only thing miraculously protected from depreciation because making it depreciate would hurt chances at reelection.

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Re:Berlin buys thousands of apartments from corporate landlords by yunohn on Saturday September 18, 2021 @11:46AM (#28577107)
This is a great point. Physical houses deteriorate and get damaged, just like vehicles. But their value /always/ goes up.
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Re:Berlin buys thousands of apartments from corporate landlords by yunohn on Saturday September 18, 2021 @11:28AM (#28576982)
I’d be really happy with communal non-private rental housing. Corporates already do a bad job, I don’t see why they should make massive money from limited land resources.
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