Alternative idea if you want a more vapitalist solution than government owned and distributed housing would be mandated rent to own. End of year, current owner tallies up all expenses, anything over is used to purchase equity at market rate. You either sell the equity when you move, or eventually own the place. No landlords just a delayed title transfer.
Of course this wouldn’t solve the fact that housing is a human right that all should have access to but any capitalost solution requires a “loser” to suffer some form of horror
Ban landlording and put a high fucking tax on vacant homes. I’m talking 100,000 a year. Watch the price crash. People with mortgages will complain because they now have negative equity. I don’t care. Housing is a human right.
Can’t afford the fine? Don’t worry, your debt is forgiven if you give the government your house. Boom. Everyone with a little money gets to own a house, everyone else gets a government house.
Put a 5 year timer on the law so people know it’s coming.
That’s because housing is only ever built so it can be sold to landlords to charge rent.
And the problem with that theory is, it’s wrong.
First, plenty of luxury housing is built to sell to rich people. The rich people move into the luxury housing, and sell their posh housing to well-to-do workers. They move into the posh housing and sell their nice housing to working professionals. Who sell their run-down housing to poor workers. Who will, under this system, either sell their crap housing to the destitute or just give it to the government to avoid the new taxes.
And second, housing is the government’s job to provide. Private capital should not be responsible for building the housing. Housing is a human right, so the govenment should be building it. We shouldn’t trust markets to distribute resources people need to live. Markets are okay for, like, video games and shit… but we shouldn’t trust markets with human rights.
Couldn’t really rent apartments without having some sort of landlord. And not everyone wants to buy
Some are obviously better landlords than others
Alternative idea if you want a more vapitalist solution than government owned and distributed housing would be mandated rent to own. End of year, current owner tallies up all expenses, anything over is used to purchase equity at market rate. You either sell the equity when you move, or eventually own the place. No landlords just a delayed title transfer.
Of course this wouldn’t solve the fact that housing is a human right that all should have access to but any capitalost solution requires a “loser” to suffer some form of horror
I think there’s a difference between like a landlord and a property management company.
Property management that fixes stuff, cleans up common areas, and such adds value. They do labor that’s useful.
A landlord that just gets money because they legally own the place is not adding value. That’s what most people hate.
You can, of course, have horrible people assigned to manage the property.
Sounds like Satyrn to me. Six one way, Hexagon to the peak.
Housing is a human right and should be free.
Ban landlording and put a high fucking tax on vacant homes. I’m talking 100,000 a year. Watch the price crash. People with mortgages will complain because they now have negative equity. I don’t care. Housing is a human right.
Can’t afford the fine? Don’t worry, your debt is forgiven if you give the government your house. Boom. Everyone with a little money gets to own a house, everyone else gets a government house.
Put a 5 year timer on the law so people know it’s coming.
In your plan, no new housing on spec to sell would be built. Great solution.
That’s because housing is only ever built so it can be sold to landlords to charge rent.
And the problem with that theory is, it’s wrong.
First, plenty of luxury housing is built to sell to rich people. The rich people move into the luxury housing, and sell their posh housing to well-to-do workers. They move into the posh housing and sell their nice housing to working professionals. Who sell their run-down housing to poor workers. Who will, under this system, either sell their crap housing to the destitute or just give it to the government to avoid the new taxes.
And second, housing is the government’s job to provide. Private capital should not be responsible for building the housing. Housing is a human right, so the govenment should be building it. We shouldn’t trust markets to distribute resources people need to live. Markets are okay for, like, video games and shit… but we shouldn’t trust markets with human rights.
Would be nice but I doubt it’s going to happen
Regulate landlords!
Meh, just regurgitate them to heavin’ and don’t call 'em back. Shrug Whatever.
Absolutely!
I didn’t stutter, fuck land lords.
What about people who don’t want to buy homes?
We figured out alternative solutions to private transportation ownership in many parts of the world.
What sort of solutions from that would fit the case of housing?