db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 months agoGet rid of landlords...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.worldpoliticalmemes@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-squareSeattleRain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 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-squareMaddier1993@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIntroduce rent control
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?
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.
Introduce rent control
When my city raised property taxes, rents went up across the board.