Berlin buys thousands of apartments from corporate landlords

Re:Berlin buys thousands of apartments from corporate landlords by sagichmal on Monday September 20, 2021 @09:22PM (#28601067)

I don't understand how anyone can view this as unfair. It's as basic as basic economics gets. It is obviously the case that downstream consumers of goods and services pay more than upstream suppliers. The initial investment is an enormous risk for the landlord, not something to just shrug off.

I guess if you view housing as somehow exempt from market dynamics, then this view holds water. I'm sympathetic to that view, honestly.

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Re:Berlin buys thousands of apartments from corporate landlords by humaniania on Monday September 20, 2021 @10:05PM (#28601312)

Housing market dynamics are strongly influenced by federal policy and the National Association of Realtors is one of the biggest spending lobbyist groups in the country so I would say that by design the housing market is unique and I believe that landlords are abusing that situation, intentionally or not, in a way that harms vulnerable people.

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Re:Berlin buys thousands of apartments from corporate landlords by sagichmal on Monday September 20, 2021 @11:32PM (#28601834)

Many markets are strongly influenced by federal policy and have enormous lobbying groups, and capitalism by its nature harms vulnerable people. I don't see what makes housing unique in this sense.

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