• maynarkh@feddit.nl
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    9 months ago

    Also forgetting that the “then some” part is only warranted if we want an incentive for people to buy houses to rent out. If it was a socially beneficial thing to do. Society would not lose out if buying a house on a mortgage and renting it out was not a profitable thing to do.

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      9 months ago

      Exactly. If it wasn’t so exploitatively profitable, fewer people would do it, and more houses would be available on the market - lowering prices and giving more people an opportunity to buy and own their own home.