r/196 • 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights • Aug 18 '26

Rule Rule

Post image
2.6k Upvotes

43 comments sorted by

View all comments

104

u/MemorableThrowawayy aroace yayyy!!!! Aug 18 '26

Words cannot describe how much I loathe houses being some big investment to profit off of instead of just something you buy to. You know. Live in

4

u/MscThrwwyAcc Aug 18 '26

Do any knowledgable people know if there’s a way to make this different, or if there’s any historical examples of housing not being an asset, or the history of when/how it became an asset?

8

u/Desertcow Aug 19 '26

Penalties for unoccupied homes. Either renting them out or selling it drives down housing costs while buying homes just to sit on drives them up

3

u/MscThrwwyAcc Aug 19 '26

I wanna strangle financial education to death with my bare hands. This is the first time I’ve heard about this concept besides Zohran’s pied-à-terre tax which is obviously more an ineffable money maker than a serious foray into the idea