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In reply to the discussion: Why not outlaw landlordism? [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)people who want to move, or who have a temporary posting somewhere, such as in the military, would be able to buy and sell that easily and cheaply.
How about travelling nurses? That's a category of people who travel around the country, working typically for six months in a given city, then move on. Do you SERIOUSLY believe that buying a home for only six months is economically feasible? Maybe for realtors, but not for actual home owners.
How about college students? Many, many most colleges and universities don't have enough student housing for all their students. Again, you're suggesting someone buy a home for four years, less if the student drops out or is in a dorm the first year or two.
The need for rental housing is not going to go away with your proposal. Nothing can be grandfathered in or done so slowly that ten or forty or a hundred years from now there won't be people who will need or want to rent, rather than buy.
There's not a problem with the cost of housing being manipulated by evil people who hold back property. Yeah, some landlords are scum, but by no means all. Much, much more to the point, owning a home is not a sensible thing for every single person, and ideally, every single person needs a place to live.
I can't begin to figure out why in the world you think that this thing you call landlordism is such an impediment to home ownership. Maybe it would be nice if more people could own their own homes, but if you honestly think that every single person should own, there should be no rentals everywhere, then you live in a strange fantasy world.