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If there are no landlords to finance the purchase and maintenance of homes for the rental market, how would people who only want to rent a home do so?
by yucky 4y ago
If there are no landlords to finance the purchase and maintenance of homes for the rental market, how would people who only want to rent a home do so?
- kevviiinn 4y agoThe social housing of Vienna seems like a good model https://www.huduser.gov/portal/pdredge/pdr_edge_featd_article_011314.html https://www.huduser.gov/portal/pdredge/pdr_edge_featd_articl... https://www.visitingvienna.com/culture/social-housing/ https://www.visitingvienna.com/culture/social-housing/
- yucky 4y agoCan you explain why? These blog posts don't make a compelling case, so maybe there is something missing?
- kevviiinn 4y agoAustria has a robust system of government owned housing for people to rent and they include numerous amenities. Their system has been stable for a long time and is loved by the populace because they're such great places to live. As opposed to peivate landlords owning rental property where their goal is to simply profit as much as possible and raise rents while doing bare minimum repairs.
- yucky 4y agoWe have that in the US too, it's called "The Projects". Not as good as it sounds.
- kevviiinn 4y agoThe difference is that it can be good when managed properly. US politicians have too much of a hard on for cutting corners Combine that with the systemic issues in the american system keeping people in poverty and there are problems. It can work if people actually try to fix things and it can even create jobs in the process
- yucky 4y agoThere no good projects in the US, so I disagree.