return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 14 days agoAmerica’s housing crisis continues to worsen, renters are struggling more than homeowners, report sayswww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareIampossiblyatwork@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoWe don’t need tax credits. We need Private equity out of the housing market. We need better safeguards for tenants. Financial moves like tax credits and incentives always end up benefitting the haves.
minus-squareSeattleRain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoWe actually need Mom and Pop landlords abolished. They own 80% of rentals.
minus-squareMakhno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoImo owning a second property to rent out for some side cash is fine. It’s a problem when your only occupation is “landlord”
minus-squareSleezyDizasta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoThat’s idiotic. There’s nothing wrong with owning rentals or being a landlord. It only becomes an issue when massive corporations with endless amount of money buy so much inventory that they start affecting the market
minus-squareMoneo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days ago It only becomes an issue when massive corporations with endless amount of money buy so much inventory that they start affecting the market So you’re saying there’s something wrong with being a landlord?
minus-squareIampossiblyatwork@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agohttps://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R47332.pdf Wow. 70% as of 2022.
We don’t need tax credits.
We need Private equity out of the housing market.
We need better safeguards for tenants.
Financial moves like tax credits and incentives always end up benefitting the haves.
We actually need Mom and Pop landlords abolished. They own 80% of rentals.
Imo owning a second property to rent out for some side cash is fine. It’s a problem when your only occupation is “landlord”
That’s idiotic. There’s nothing wrong with owning rentals or being a landlord. It only becomes an issue when massive corporations with endless amount of money buy so much inventory that they start affecting the market
So you’re saying there’s something wrong with being a landlord?
https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R47332.pdf
Wow. 70% as of 2022.