America's housing system was radically unprepared for coronavirus

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2. I'm hoping that CV puts a lot of the home speculators out of business.

At some point, housing went from being about dwellings, to being an investment vehicle for hedge funds, flippers, sharks, and short-term rental magnates. They sucked inventory out of the market, then hiked prices to unaffordable levels.

Now they've moved into buying up older mobile home parks, forcing people out and jacking up the lot rents.

I hope this bites them in the butt and forces some inventory back on the market. That whole business model is too parasitic to go unchecked. Imagine if they did this to eggs, or toilet paper, or any other necessity.