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No, we don't need anything fancy or government funded. We just need to let builders build.

• tehjoker 7y ago
  We have more empty houses than homeless people by >> 3x. This is a problem of distribution. Also, why should I pay someone who does nothing for me 1/3 or more of my income? They just own a piece of paper, thus extract rents and victimize people that can't pay. People must be housed, the landlords should be cast out into the cold.
  • zip1234 7y ago
    I agree with you on the first point but not sure I understand the second. People had to pay to build or buy the property. For example, my uncle built a 12 unit apartment building. He paid the mortgage on it, maintained it, and took care of it for 30 years until the mortgaged was paid off. Was he victimizing the people that paid him to live there?
    • tehjoker 7y ago
      If he evicted any of them, refused reasonable accommodations, or made a profit off it in excess of the labor and services he provided. This is an old joke, but why should we show any deference to a person we literally call Lord?
    • asdff 7y ago
      Depends on how much he was charging. I have no problem with paying to cover the cost of running the building, including labor, but I do take issue with my rent payment being used to pay off a bimmer while the building falls apart.