Re:Maybe Treating Housing as an Investment Was a Colossal Mi...
by highwaylights on Monday March 06, 2023 @04:54PM
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Sadly I don’t see any better way to help renters.
If you make the costs of real estate investment so onerous that it’s only attractive to owner-occupants then it becomes far harder for your landlord to exploit you as a tenant, as the option for you to buy much more cheaply will be there even if you choose never to do so.
If you make the costs of real estate investment so onerous that it’s only attractive to owner-occupants then it becomes far harder for your landlord to exploit you as a tenant, as the option for you to buy much more cheaply will be there even if you choose never to do so.