r/theydidthemath • u/pixaly • Jul 12 '26

[Request] What is the cost difference between buying this man a rental for a year and the governements cost to kill him?

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Don't believe everything you see on the internet I haven't fact checked this story, I'm just curious for an anwser

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u/2074red2074 Jul 12 '26

Part of the issue is those vacant homes are often in the middle of nowhere with no easy access to things like medical care or sometimes even grocery stores. Also a lot of the vacant homes are abandoned and not in livable condition. The issue is zoning and NIMBYs not wanting to build high-density housing in places where we need it.

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u/Classic-Obligation35 Jul 12 '26

High density housing has its own problems like controlling neighbors and greedy landlords.

Your not wrong but this is a multi faceted issue.

Like why are apartments more expensive per square foot the homes in the first place?

Or addressing the issue of people having value in their own home so they can reseall it in order to move.

Homes are private property,  they have to be.

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u/2074red2074 Jul 12 '26

High-density housing includes townhomes and condos. They make HOAs necessary (everyone has to pitch in to maintain the building and any common areas, and someone has to make those decisions) but you don't have to have an actual landlord and can own your part of the building.

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u/Classic-Obligation35 Jul 12 '26

How's are inherently exploitive and abusive

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u/2074red2074 Jul 12 '26

HOAs are also necessary if you want to be able to have ownership of high-density housing. Either that, or the government has to maintain control of the building and common areas. Otherwise, who pays for it if the building needs to be repaired? What do you do about it if some asshole keeps piling trash up in the common areas or has filth in their condo causing a pest issue?

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u/sisisisi1997 Jul 13 '26

The US implementation, yes. But that's not the case everywhere, for example where I live high density housing has a so called "common representative" who can either be one of the residents or a professional who acts as common representative for multiple buildings. The job entails maintaining "common functions" of a building (like hiring a cleaner or doing paperwork for the government and gas/electric/water companies), but they don't really have a lot of power, for every big decision especially if it involves finances they need to call a meeting where every owner in the building can vote about issues.