• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Residentjal property shouldn’t be allowed to be an investment. Or heavily taxed to make it unprofitable unless you live there yourself.

    Why would anyone build new apartment buildings if that were the law? We desperately need to be building more housing, and denser housing.

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        10 months ago

        So everyone needs to be able to spend the upfront capital to buy a home? What about people who want to rent? There are lots of advantages to not buying.

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          10 months ago

          Loans exist. And reduce the upfront cost in paperwork to buying a house. It shouldn’t cost nearly 5 figures just to get documents signed.

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            10 months ago

            So instead of paying rent, you pay loan payments. And the bank can seize your property if you can’t pay. Sounds like six of one and a half-dozen of the other.