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Landlords take housing out of supply and extract rents from it. They produce nothing- the house was "provided" already, they just inserted themselves into the p
by elliotpage 6y ago
Landlords take housing out of supply and extract rents from it. They produce nothing- the house was "provided" already, they just inserted themselves into the process.
- Thorrez 6y agoThey transform housing from one form to another. Some people find renting more convenient and flexible than buying.
- krainboltgreene 6y agoIf a few people didn't own a majority of residents the cost of owning a home would be cheaper.
- Thorrez 6y agoWhy? Are the landlords currently colluding to increase prices? I think there are too many landlords for them all to collude.
- elliotpage 6y agoThat is because the buying process is an artificially inflated burden that reinforces the current system. Removing landlords would also remove the need for them to exist.
- afiori 6y agowhen I needed a place to stay for a year in a new country I am sure that the bureaucracy around buying an house was not what convinced me to rent.