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In reply to the discussion: America without Landlords: A more in-depth discussion. [View all]Codeine
(25,586 posts)Land is finite, building materials aren't free, and skilled construction labor doesn't come cheap. I think you overestimate the amount buy which home prices would fall. Poor-ass people (of which I am one) would find a mortgage (assuming one has credit less laughable than my own) no less onerous than rent.
Have you read any economic analysis or theory that would serve to back up your proposal? Has anyone run these numbers, ever? Have any credible economists seriously put forth such a plan?
And what does your idea accomplish that simple rent control legislation wouldn't? Is the notion of ownership that intrinsically important that it has to be forced on everyone?
Perhaps, then, you are merely philosophically opposed to the notion that a homeowner can profit via the collection of rent? Why not forcibly appropriate all housing and simply assign families and individuals homes, then? That seems, on the face of it, about as radical and utterly, impossibly unrealistic as your Antilandordism policy.