Comment on When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords?

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• uranibaba@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  A bit of a hyperbole, but for the sake of this discussion, let’s say there is a house and no one can afford it but me. If I don’t buy it and rent it, no one can live in it. What would be the right thing to do?

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  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The market determines the price. If no one can afford it the price is too high.

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  • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Reduce the price of the house

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I take umbrage with the hypothetical itself. Do you believe that buying the property and renting it out is the only possible solution here?

    The “right thing” would be to not have a situation like that in the first place where only one person (or one small group of people) can afford to own the roof over their head.

    But, obviously, an option you’re neglecting here, is letting people live in the property without paying rent. Nobody is forcing you to make a profit off people’s survival.

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    • Glitterbomb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Nobody is forcing you

      No, but if they don’t, someone else will.

      This is supposed to be where the law/govt steps in so nobody CAN profit off of basic needs like this. Just like Healthcare, we can have a mountain of limp CEOs and still nothing will have changed until the law changes.

      But maybe I’m wrong, maybe we should let The Adjuster do his job and see what happens. I hope property management CEOs realize they’re the #2 spot underneath health insurance.

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      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Bro, who here is talking about CEOs and “The Adjuster” (cringe)?

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  • chilicheeselies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If you didnt buy it in this scenario, then market pressure eventually pushes the proce down until someone is willing (and able) to buy it.

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