America without Landlords: A more in-depth discussion.

[muriel_volestrangler]

90. When people point out the practical problems, you call it 'trivially obvious' to fix

but you are unable to say what the trivially obvious fixes are, whether to:

the large amount of people who need accommodation on a short-term basis, because their circumstances change (family separation, new job, study, short-term work ...)

or people who don't have the money to purchase it outright (which can't go below the cost of building it - though you did claim, without evidence, that the whole construction industry is a conspiracy to artificially drive up building costs) (are you still, like your original post, going to ban people from borrowing to purchase their home?)

or owners who already have mortgages on homes the live in, which will go underwater.

And when DUers say that people should be allowed to enter into agreements with others to use their property in a mutually beneficial way - ie renting it - you say "but I don't like that". Have you wondered why there has never been a country anywhere in the world which has tried this? Some countries have banned private landlords, but they did it by nationalising the properties, so that they can actually continue to satisfy the need for accommodation without forcing everyone to become an asset-owning capitalist trader. Not everyone wants to invest money in something that can vary in value (and the idea of people buying smaller and smaller parts would be even more volatile - the price someone would be willing to pay for a unit that shares facilities with crappy neighbours that you can't force out, and that you can't afford to walk away from, could vary wildly).