• Gork
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    18 days ago

    We need the Rent Is Too Damn High guy to be in high political office to get this shit under control.

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      17 days ago

      good luck angering the rich real estate-owning people without a backup plan

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        18 days ago

        Fuck them. You cant outsource an apartment building to China. Make their lives hell and if they decide being a landlord isn’t worth it and sell their property at a loss then everyone is better off for it

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        18 days ago

        At this point we need somebody who will just come out and say it: it’s everyone else versus landlords.

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      17 days ago

      What we need is more housing, and that means looser zoning, which means fighting the NIMBYs. I would love to see mixed zoning become a more common thing in the US (and everywhere TBH).