Re:Investors bought a quarter of US homes sold last year
by nikanj on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @03:05PM
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Abolish propery ownership? I’d settle for ”let the newcomers also build homes, the same way the previous generations did”.
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Re:Investors bought a quarter of US homes sold last year
by notch656a on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @03:15PM
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Every single time I've posted allowing newcomers to build houses the same way their great-great-grandaddy built a shack I've gotten an army of people up in arms complaining they're afraid the lack of safety regulations will result in their town burning down.
Where I live zoning laws are decent and land cost next to nothing. But you still have to contend with the universal housing codes, which means you're absolutely fucked because grand-daddy built a house that is basically irreplaceable (you can't permit that anymore) that grandson can live in, but fuck you if you want a house like that for yourself because that's all you can afford to build.