We’re speaking in hypotheticals already, and you want to get into even more details? The world would be different in this odd scenario so trying to figure out the details ahead of time seems like you just want to make it fail before we even start.
So I guess my answer would be, the same place as before this problem occurred of having too many landlords. Go back to the 50s and see what they did then. In the 50s a down payment wasn’t even a problem because housing pricing was affordable to everyone.
We still have plenty of houses in the country. Enough to house every homeless person 4x over, so it’s not a real problem except the owners of those houses that want more and more profit out of thin air make it a problem
Because people are talking on here like it would the solve the problem… it’s a much more complex and nuanced issue than “landlords making (too much) profit”. The knock-on effects and interconnectedness in (some) economies all need to be thought through and resolved/have a plan to resolve first otherwise you’re just creating other problems.
This whole thread reminds me of Brexit (I’m from the UK) and how leavers were saying how simple it would be to leave… this is such a complex problem.
ghen@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Yes, at the lower prices now that supply isn’t constrained by landlords
darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Where do these people get their deposits from for the mortgage on the cheaper houses? Where do they live whilst saving up for these cheaper deposits?
ghen@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
We’re speaking in hypotheticals already, and you want to get into even more details? The world would be different in this odd scenario so trying to figure out the details ahead of time seems like you just want to make it fail before we even start.
So I guess my answer would be, the same place as before this problem occurred of having too many landlords. Go back to the 50s and see what they did then. In the 50s a down payment wasn’t even a problem because housing pricing was affordable to everyone.
We still have plenty of houses in the country. Enough to house every homeless person 4x over, so it’s not a real problem except the owners of those houses that want more and more profit out of thin air make it a problem
darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Because people are talking on here like it would the solve the problem… it’s a much more complex and nuanced issue than “landlords making (too much) profit”. The knock-on effects and interconnectedness in (some) economies all need to be thought through and resolved/have a plan to resolve first otherwise you’re just creating other problems.
This whole thread reminds me of Brexit (I’m from the UK) and how leavers were saying how simple it would be to leave… this is such a complex problem.