cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/12162

Why? Because apparently they need some more incentive to keep units occupied. Also, even though a property might be vacant, there’s still imputed rental income there. Its owner is just receiving it in the form of enjoying the unit for himself instead of receiving an actual rent check from a tenant. That imputed rent ought to be taxed like any other income.

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      Oh, so you just want the state to be your landlord? Enjoy your cinderblock gulag.

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          You can rent from someone else. That’s actually easier than moving cities, states, or countries.

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              If you want to argue that the government should develop low cost housing, that’s an interesting discussion. In general, “supply” regardless of how it’s created, is the answer to high housing prices. I do fear that you’ll be dissatisfied with the quality of that government housing.

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                No it’s not. That’s why you have houses and apartments for hypothetical millionaires going empty because no one can actually afford them. As long as homes and real estate have speculative value there is no guarantee that “supply” will positively affect prices or affect them enough to provide housing for everyone.

                The simple fact that there are more empty homes and apartments than there are homeless people disproves your premise.

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            In the west all of your children have the freedom to grow up as homeless crack heads living in tent cities, how inspiring.

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            them up and force them to fight for our Moscovi overlords that are just a itsy-bitsy more equal than the rest of u

            Nice whataboutism you tankie! Centrist liberal tankie!!!

            Western countries already provide resources for our less fortunate friends and neighbors

            Lol. Lmao even

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              It’s true. That’s why our homelessness incidence are less than 10% of yours. Maybe that’s why you’re trying to drive yours down by conscripting your homeless and forcing them into “former glory” wars?

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                1. Do you just assume that everyone who disagrees with you is a Russian?
                2. Did you forget Russia hasn’t been communist for over three decades?
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                  I assume, accurately, that all you hexbears are Russian trolls, Hindu Nationalists, or various flavors of pudgey man children collectively known as college communists who want to seize the means of production from their parents that didn’t give them enough hugs. Which flavor are you? I bet it’s the last one 😂

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        As someone who has been homeless, I would MUCH rather live my entire life in a “cinderblock gulag” then spend even a second homeless. So, yes, if we ever were to get such buildings provided to us from the government, I would greatly enjoy them.

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        sis, I would love living in a small apartment complex where everything is either five minutes away or easily accessed by public transportation

        I would love being in an environment that promotes a collective spirit where people spend more time outside than inside

        I would love having housing be 4% AT MOST of my monthly paycheck

        but we gotta have idiots with trillions because they deserve to hang us out to dry, is that it?