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Politicians across the spectrum want more housing. Apartments are a great answer, because they also slash carbon emissions in a big way. (grist.org)
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[–] ultimate_worrier@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Apartments are only a “great answer” to the rent-seeking pieces of shit that seek to greenwash hyperconsumption. They want you to own nothing, always be teetering on the edge of getting evicted, and pay rent to their landlord class indefinitely because “it’s better for the environment”.

Know what else is good for the environment? Turning the BlackRock C-suite (and anyone that profits from hoarding land) into mulch.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 points 12 hours ago

Tenet owned housing cooperatives are a way to have apartments without rent-seeking.

[–] alavar@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, why are we operating under the assumption that apartments=rentals? It's not a given at all, even taking into consideration that there is quite a lot of systems where you are not renting from private landlords but from the city/cooperative

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I've always heard that apartments are what you rent, and condos are what you buy. Besides, if the Republicans are on board, it's because they see a path to fleece the little guy out of even more money.

[–] alavar@slrpnk.net 2 points 14 hours ago

I just got educated that it's cultural differences - it's perfectly normal to own an apartment where I come from (Poland)

[–] magiccupcake@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah, apartments are supposed to be great. For one you can buy and own apartments.

Renting is supposed to be a viable alternative to houses. The tradeoff is supposed to be slightly more expensive, but no worries about any kind of maintenance, and higher flexibility about moving.

The reason this whole equation is so fucked is because we don't have enough apartments (really all housing) to house everyone where they want to live, so purchasing or renting housing is obscenely expensive.

And the main problem stems from zoning

[–] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

And the obscene hell that is pricate equity.