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CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 year agoMaking it illegal to rent property you don’t personally live on.
If someone wants to rent out their basement, or split their home into a duplex then they are creating housing and I have no problem with that. Someone purchasing a home they have no intention living in so they can profit off someone else requiring shelter to live is a parasite.
Katana314@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I can’t quite imagine how hotels would work then. Generally, you’d say “Oh, we’ll make an exception for them” but then many people would try to skirt themselves into the exception.
archomrade@midwest.social 1 year ago
Why are we pretending different dwelling classifications don’t already exist? Hotels are an entire classification unto itself, same with homesteads, which is what op is referring to
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Do you think people who stay at a hotel have the same rights under the law as renters?
TAG@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Last I heard, many urban landlords are getting out of that business and becoming hotel owners via Airbnb. It helps to make sure that those that do stay in the business have a healthy supply of tenants.