db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 months agoGet rid of landlords...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10cross-posted to: housing_bubble_2@lemmy.worldaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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minus-squarephotonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoWouldn’t landlords simply pass those costs onto their renters?
minus-squareMaddier1993@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIntroduce rent control
minus-squareSeattleRain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoNo because not all landlords are capitalized equally. A new investor with a huge mortgage would. An old landlord with paid off property wouldn’t. Unless they collude.
minus-squarefishpen0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoWhen my city raised property taxes, rents went up across the board.
Wouldn’t landlords simply pass those costs onto their renters?
Introduce rent control
No because not all landlords are capitalized equally. A new investor with a huge mortgage would. An old landlord with paid off property wouldn’t. Unless they collude.
When my city raised property taxes, rents went up across the board.