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sure because a property owner is going to not rent out a property and just take the month on month hit for having an empty property. They'll either rent it or s

sure because a property owner is going to not rent out a property and just take the month on month hit for having an empty property. They'll either rent it or sell it. There is a middle ground, just need to find that point.

nradov 4mo ago
Apparently you haven't been paying attention to what's happening in the rental market. Landlords in cities with strong tenant protection laws will absolutely leave a unit vacant for months until they find someone with a high income ratio and credit score. This leaves poorer people stuck with no options.
- archagon 4mo ago
  Vacancy tax. No one should have the right to buy multiple, rentable homes and keep them unused in the middle of a housing crisis. It’s sociopathic.
  - mx7zysuj4xew 4mo ago
    So in the Netherlands, For many years any property left vacant and unused dor more than a year could be legally squatted. it forced landlords to keep their properties on the market and insured full usage of the severely limited available housing stock
- mmooss 4mo ago
  Do you have evidence? There is evidence that RealPage software illegally coordinated (maybe coordinates) landlords in keeping units off the market in order to reduce demand and increase prices for everyone. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/technology/realpage-doj-settlement.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/technology/realpage-doj-s...
  - itake 4mo ago
    Me (and others in this thread). I have a 5 bedroom house that I rent out 2 rooms, but not interested in accepting more people unless they are friends or have a very high income. At my home’s peak, we had 6 adults living there, now its at 50% capacity.
    - verall 4mo ago
      How many high income individuals want to share a house with 5 strangers?
      - bombcar 4mo ago
        It's surprisingly common in places like SF, and near popular colleges.
      - itake 4mo ago
        Apparently not many hence the empty house. In SF and Seattle during hiring booms, a lot of young workers move to the city with no social connections, so they start their new life in hacker houses to kickstart their friend group.
- CalRobert 4mo ago
  In Amsterdam it led to them getting sold

nradov 4mo ago

Apparently you haven't been paying attention to what's happening in the rental market. Landlords in cities with strong tenant protection laws will absolutely leave a unit vacant for months until they find someone with a high income ratio and credit score. This leaves poorer people stuck with no options.

archagon 4mo ago
Vacancy tax. No one should have the right to buy multiple, rentable homes and keep them unused in the middle of a housing crisis. It’s sociopathic.
- mx7zysuj4xew 4mo ago
  So in the Netherlands, For many years any property left vacant and unused dor more than a year could be legally squatted. it forced landlords to keep their properties on the market and insured full usage of the severely limited available housing stock
mmooss 4mo ago
Do you have evidence? There is evidence that RealPage software illegally coordinated (maybe coordinates) landlords in keeping units off the market in order to reduce demand and increase prices for everyone. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/technology/realpage-doj-settlement.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/technology/realpage-doj-s...
- itake 4mo ago
  Me (and others in this thread). I have a 5 bedroom house that I rent out 2 rooms, but not interested in accepting more people unless they are friends or have a very high income. At my home’s peak, we had 6 adults living there, now its at 50% capacity.
  - verall 4mo ago
    How many high income individuals want to share a house with 5 strangers?
    - bombcar 4mo ago
      It's surprisingly common in places like SF, and near popular colleges.
    - itake 4mo ago
      Apparently not many hence the empty house. In SF and Seattle during hiring booms, a lot of young workers move to the city with no social connections, so they start their new life in hacker houses to kickstart their friend group.
CalRobert 4mo ago
In Amsterdam it led to them getting sold