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Homelessness increasing while the cost of housing has skyrocketed. Solution is more affordable housing? No, you don’t say. It’ll never happen though. We look
by bradlys 4y ago
Homelessness increasing while the cost of housing has skyrocketed. Solution is more affordable housing?
No, you don’t say.
It’ll never happen though. We look at housing as an investment from a cultural perspective in the USA. This has been a brilliant plan by the capitalist landlords to further concentrate their holdings and become more fiendishly rich.
But hey - your house goes up in value even though your kids will never get to own their own home. Maybe when you die - but oh wait you probably did a reverse mortgage because you didn’t save enough for retirement. Whoops. Too bad junior - no house for you!
- orangecat 4y agoThis has been a brilliant plan by the capitalist landlords to further concentrate their holdings and become more fiendishly rich. It's not the capitalist landlords pointing guns at people who are trying to build more housing. But your point is basically right. Both parties and a large majority of the public believe that housing should be "a good investment", which is equivalent to the position that it should become increasingly unaffordable for the average person.