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People create a lot of laws around rental housing that are designed to help the poor. The effects tend to make housing completely inaccessible to the working p
by Plasmoid 4y ago
People create a lot of laws around rental housing that are designed to help the poor. The effects tend to make housing completely inaccessible to the working poor but more accessible to middle class.
For example, making it difficult to evict someone will cause landlords to raise the qualifications for renting.
- harvey9 4y agoThe downside of less regulation may be homes with mould. While that is better than sleeping in a doorway, we should aspire to have eveyone in safe homes and the free market won't do that it the cheaper end of the spectrum. Granted it's also failing to do it even with regulation because of a lack of enforcement of same.
- Plasmoid 4y agoHousing is a pretty terrible product. Everything is bespoke, but often durable enough that you can defer maintenance for a decade without paying for the costs. We've also tied a bunch of financial planning into the mix which amps up the bad ideas.