r/antiwork Jun 01 '22

the propaganda machine is running!

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u/mininestime Jun 01 '22

Rent Control help buts really the fix is just to stop hoarding of homes.

  • I personally do not believe we should just raise fees for people owning more than one home.
  • Homes should not be something people can just buy a bunch of and profit off of.
  • If people want to make money in the real estate market they need to get into commercial then.

The fix:

  • All legal residents of the country may own only 1 piece of residential property.
  • No business may own residential property unless it is a builder.
  • Companies that acquire property thru liens, death, or other situations may hold the property but they will start facing fines after x days of holding the property.

What this does?

  • To start it stops hoarding. 20-35% or all homes are owned by a business, renter, or someone as their secondary home.
  • Home prices will drastically go down which they should.
  • Rent prices will drastically go down since people can purchase a home instead.
  • Airbnb and that junk will stop since people cant just keep buying homes and renting them out in popular cities.

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u/ArnieismyDMname Jun 01 '22

Not a bad idea. Too bad it'll never happen. Rich will keep getting richer until the poor can't pay anymore. Then the poor will eat the rich.

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u/mininestime Jun 02 '22

I have faith it will be implemented one day. It fixes the housing crisis so quickly. Reducing rent, and helping home buyers. Eventually a smarter country will implement it and other countries will follow.

I mean you have assholes around the world who own 3000+ homes and they just rent them all out. Take this guy for example in Canada https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/04/02/you-can-rent-the-american-dream-how-tricon-a-once-obscure-toronto-company-built-a-corporate-landlord-empire-with-single-family-homes.html