• Grayox@lemmy.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    Bruh I’m in a rent controlled unit, i had to jump through a shit ton of hoops to get approved for, I ain’t goin Knowhere till I no longer qualify for this unit. What you are recommending is the equivalent of a bandaid solution for a wound that needs a tourniquet…

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      With competition, other units will be cheaper. Units will be rented for production costs. Competition is not a bandaid but the solution.

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        Lmao you can’t be serious?! Where is this competition right now and why aren’t they completing currently competing?

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          There are many obstacles like complex building codes, limited supply of building sites, credit requirements or limited public transport. Reduce them, respectively increase public transport, and more people have an opportunity to spend their money on real estate with the expectation of profits.

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              Who should create real estate without profits?

              If you supply housing as a government service, construction workers will play the same games as defence contractors. Do you expect rent to be cheaper?

              What’s wrong with profits? They compensate for the risk and effort that comes with creating real estate. They are only too high when there is no competition.

              If profits are too high, what is preventing you from creating a new house and be rewarded with those profits? Change the world so that you, and thus others, have the ability to participate. Then housing prices will be fair.

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                  Land is expensive where many people live. There is enough land available in Alaska for estates

                  Not everybody can live in an estate and expect low travel time into the city center.

                  If you want to create new housing in a city, you have to share land. In other words, you have to build high-risers.

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                    They want a million dollars (AUD) for 1000m2 of farmland where I am, 1 hour commute to the nearest city

                    It’s on a flood plane

                    It’s advertised to people to use as “land banking” on the off chance that it might get rezoned in the next 20 years.