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?

• zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  No landlords hoard property.

  Fine, landlords hoard property ownership.

  The property is used by people.

  As long as the landlord permits it, and as long as the landlord gets their premium.

  Landlords profit off of permitting people access to shelter, a basic right that any human should be entitled to. It’s literally modern day feudalism.

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  • puck2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Renters hoard property rentership.

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    • nomy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      You have to actually consider what the other person is saying if you want to have a productive conversation. Being snarky or just responding with memes and cliches only distracts from the point being made.

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  • mke_geek@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    No, landlords earn money by providing a service. Properties don’t maintain themselves.

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    • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Taking away the opportunity of home ownership is not a service.

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      • mke_geek@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        That’s not what rental property owners do. They provide housing, not take it away.

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      • darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        So let’s say a landlord sells their property and somebody else buys it to live in.

        Where do the original renters live now?

        Or in a rental property, who is paying to maintain it if the landlord is not charging above their mortgage costs?

        Or why would a landlord take on the risk of loaning an expensive asset to somebody at cost knowing they may not get paid? Or the boiler stops working and they have to spend thousands fixing it without any risk to the tenant?

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