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In reply to the discussion: America without Landlords: A more in-depth discussion. [View all]TheKentuckian
(25,023 posts)and possibly likely to incite a civil war to just provide the homeless with homes.
You do that and the artificial scarcity would be taken out of the market and the rest would shake out and equalize but do so less dramatically and without a period of exaggerated homelessness with weird grandfathering that seems to either negate the point or robs a lot of people not particularly wealthy of their incomes or probably both and tax schemes to make the transition while abusing the Commerce clause so severely that you codify vassal status for what used to be citizens, suddenly if not wiping out certainly kneecapping a significant sector of the economy, and stifling mobility both literally and economically of most.
Hell, where do a huge swath live while the system fully impements and what happens if prices aren't as impacted as you project?
Keep it simple, make a natural market and odds are high that your concerns will all be addressed and if not there is a real safety net in place.