• Today@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    If there were no homes to rent, where would people who can’t or don’t want to buy live?

    • indepndnt@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I can’t speak for OP but I think in general the idea that “landlords shouldn’t exist” or whatever doesn’t just stop at eliminating rentals. There is more than enough housing in the US to house everyone here (and probably the world? if not, there’s enough resources to build housing for everyone), and it seems unjust to let people be homeless or exploit their need for shelter due to artificial scarcity.

      I like to think that most of us could agree that everyone deserves the dignity of having shelter regardless of what luck life has dealt them, even if we can’t immediately agree on how.

      • MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works
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        2 years ago

        There is more than enough housing in the US to house everyone here

        Only if you assume that the entire country is a single market where specific location is largely irrelevant. The places where a lot of housing is available is usually because it’s not where people want to be. Like I could buy a house on main street in the town where my grandparents grew up for <$100,000. But do I want a small house in bumfuck nowhere that doesn’t have any land attached to it and requires significant upgrades and maintenance due to age? No, not particularly, especially because it would either mean a 2+ hour commute to a nearby major city or an entirely remote job.

    • Electric_Druid@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      The abscence of landlords does not preclude the existence of housing. The house would still be there if there wasn’t a landlord attached to it.

      • Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 years ago

        No it would just be a piece of land. The landlord bought the Land and built the house, without the landlord, it would be land owned by the government or a realty company.