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A comment on Cities: Skylines II Found a Solution for High Rents: Get Rid of Landlords. Parent comment

Re:Cities: Skylines II Found a Solution for High Rents: Get ... by derelicta on Monday June 17, 2024 @07:03AM (#40704347)
Tell this to the Citizens of Vienna and Singapore, where the landlord is the State, or not for profit orgs propped up by the State.
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Re:Cities: Skylines II Found a Solution for High Rents: Get ... by zertrin on Monday June 17, 2024 @07:08AM (#40704385)
What. No. In Singapore the state-built apartments (HDB flats) are sold not lent to the Singaporeans/permanent residents.

The state does not operate as a landlord. Most of the population owns their property here.

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Re:Cities: Skylines II Found a Solution for High Rents: Get ... by ramesh31 on Monday June 17, 2024 @07:24AM (#40704473)
>Most of the population owns their property here.

...as a direct result of government policy that discourages landlording.

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