A Boring Dystopia

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Rent is theft (lemmy.world)

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[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

If they’re monopolizing the housing market, absolutely.

I think there's a middle ground between 'consuming all housing stock in hopes of making airbnbs' and 'illegal'. There's a legitimate case for short term and medium term residence that doesn't make sense with ownership. However while we should accommodate those, it is a fair point the market should be regulated so that people have a reasonable path to ownership if it makes sense without being stuck with competing with rent-seeking corporations sucking up all the inventory.