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> Ban rent for COVID-19-affected businesses Landlords have mortgages and a host of other associated costs. If this were made a policy in the UK, you'd have a h
by Veen 7y ago
> Ban rent for COVID-19-affected businesses
Landlords have mortgages and a host of other associated costs. If this were made a policy in the UK, you'd have a huge number of small-time buy-to-let landlords going bankrupt and losing their nest-egg to the bank.
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- cutler 7y agoSo what? Why should society provide security for the gamblers of the property free-for-all? They took the risk. Too bad if it goes bad. Try working for your income instead of trying to get something for nothing.
- snoopsbooks 7y agoAgree. Bankrupt everyone who takes a risk. That will teach them all a lesson.
- dang 7y agoCan you please not post ideological flamewar comments to HN? They lead to ideological flamewars, which are predictable (therefore boring, therefore off-topic) and also nasty (therefore destructive, therefore against the site rules). https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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- pornel 7y agoIt's a get-rich-quick scheme that has inflated house prices. These landlords aren't providing any value — they're literally rent-seeking.
- 6510 7y agoSomeone has to pull the short straw. If I put a plastic egg in your nest, does that by natural law make me the owner of your eggs?