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lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

The problem is when they price their drugs way above what’s reasonable just because they know people are going to have to pay it.

This is exactly the problem with landlords. The argument for landlords being that some people can’t afford to own a home becomes a bit moot when landlords buy up all the houses and rent them back at unaffordable prices.

Why is it any different with a house?

Because you rent a car for, like you said, a vacation. That’s like renting a hotel room. You rent a home to live in. If you could afford a mortgage, you’d buy a home. But landlords basically go “hey, the bank doesn’t think you make enough money to make regular payments, so make those payments to me instead.”

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SMITHandWESSON@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The problem most people have is their credit, not the mortgage. Both my mortgages (I’m not a landlord, but I do airbnb 3 months out of the year) are $1500/month, and most people pay that and more just for rent.

Nevermind the fact that some people are eligible to buy a home, but think they won’t qualify so they dont try. I was in that group with a credit score of 680, which is acceptable for the first time home owners program. I was accepted, and now I own 2 homes.

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AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

This is exactly the problem with landlords. The argument for landlords being that some people can’t afford to own a home becomes a bit moot when landlords buy up all the houses and rent them back at unaffordable prices.

You make it sound like that’s the normal case, but it’s just not so. Here’s a Pew research article.

72.5% of single-unit rental properties are owned by individuals, while 69.5% of properties with 25 or more units are owned by for-profit businesses.

I don’t mean to minimize it as a problem - it’s a big one - but the vast majority of rental house landlords aren’t big corporations buying up all the available places and jacking up prices, it’s individual’s who decided to rent their place out instead of selling it.

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