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"forcing people to give up large portions of their income while building absolutely no equity in it simply to not be homeless due to policies we lobbied for isn't exploitative!"
No one's forcing anyone to rent any specific place. People have a choice. There's thousands of rentals. They can live with family or friends.
If people want to build equity in something, they can buy their own property.
There's nothing exploitative about trading money for a service. People trade money for services every single day. You want your oil changed for you? You pay someone to do it. You pull your car into their facility, they use their tools, and you gain a service -- for a price.
-> landlords buy buildings -> less buildings available for sale -> price goes up -> people cant afford buying homes -> people rent
Do you imply that everyone would be able to afford buying a home without landlords?
No, not every landlord is horrible and renting definitely has it’s place, but it shouldn’t be the only option you get unless you want to spend 700k
Like the other comment said, it becomes a problem when large groups are buying up all properties
Landlords buy buildings --> More available rentals so people have more choices on where to live
Then there's the real world.
Large groups of landlords/property management companies buy the majority of residential buildings in an area -> theres essentially nowhere else left to live -> they collude to increase prices