• SCB@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Rent control is absolutely not the solution. Building more is the solution.

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      1 year ago

      Only for it to be snapped up by corporate interests and not handed to the families that actually need it.

      We need a list of all of the families and single people looking for a primary residence, build new housing, and just give it to them first. No buying allowed.

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      1 year ago

      Some estimates put the number of vacant homes upwards of 30% a few months back, and it’s been climbing

      It’s not about a lack of supply, it’s about homes being both an investment and a basic need - someone like Black Rock can go into a small town in Georgia, snap up every property that goes on the market, then dictate rental prices while jacking up the house prices by bidding on everything. Even if they greatly overpay, by doing it a few times it drives up the valuation of the entire area, overall making their net profit grow

      And it’s not just Black Rock, it’s a bunch of investment companies doing this everywhere. They have the same goal and their interests are aligned - they’re not competing for tenants, they just want to jack up the values and use homes like stock investments

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      Some estimates put the number of vacant homes upwards of 30% a few months back, and it’s been climbing

      It’s not about a lack of supply, it’s about homes being both an investment and a basic need - someone like Black Rock can go into a small town in Georgia, snap up every property that goes on the market, then dictate rental prices while jacking up the house prices by bidding on everything. Even if they greatly overpay, by doing it a few times it drives up the valuation of the entire area, overall making their net profit grow

      And it’s not just Black Rock, it’s a bunch of investment companies doing this everywhere. They have the same goal and their interests are aligned - they’re not competing for tenants, they just want to jack up the values and use homes like stock investments

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      1 year ago

      you forgot that most country which has this house price problem actually build houses and apartment more than enough for all the homeless hence you would see lots of ghost town everywhere, economy now doesnt work as intended, you can build more house but without regulation despite the supply the price would still skyrocket like now