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?
they are in inflating artificial scarcity of a necessity
Is the implication here that if the landlords hadn’t bought the property, the people renting would be able to buy it?
Yes that’s correct, if landlords couldn’t run a business then the overall pricing of housing would be low enough that a renter could afford it due to supply and demand of the greater housing market
You’re assuming said people would be able to obtain a mortgage at those house prices?
Yes, at the lower prices now that supply isn’t constrained by landlords
darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Is the implication here that if the landlords hadn’t bought the property, the people renting would be able to buy it?
ghen@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Yes that’s correct, if landlords couldn’t run a business then the overall pricing of housing would be low enough that a renter could afford it due to supply and demand of the greater housing market
darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
You’re assuming said people would be able to obtain a mortgage at those house prices?
ghen@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Yes, at the lower prices now that supply isn’t constrained by landlords