Re:Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021
by notch656a on Thursday February 17, 2022 @04:06PM
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Are you in favor of bulldozing favelas in places like Brazil if the inhabitants can't afford to fix their shanty to meet up to code?
Re:Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021
by HPsquared on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:52AM
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I guess it comes down to comparing the risk of poor quality housing vs the risks of homelessness. Kind of like that saying "the real minimum wage is zero"
Re:Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021
by notch656a on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:18AM
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For many of those people, it's not a risk of homelessness but rather that they would have to rent someplace outside the favela at a much higher price, one they may be able to barely afford. Sort of like in the US, where zoning/building don't generally make people homeless but instead put a person into the situation of the favela dweller who has the option to rent while paying a large portion of their income, except without the option to build their own sub-code housing.
Not sure such a way exists...