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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 2 points 23 minutes ago

Get rid of air bnb and similar. It's caused a ton of problems in Japan as well with people buying whole buildings and pricing out existing tenants. There are legal protections, but most tenants, particularly elderly, don't know about them and either pay new increased prices by the new landlord or move out. The government enacted laws requiring a minpaku (think lodging/hotel) license and putting maxes on time, but tons of people still run illegal ones.

A lot of those people seem to be Chinese investors running them off of other sites which has furthered anger and xenophobia against all foreigners. One of the parties that skyrocketed in the most recent election wants to strip property rights from all foreigners and not just investment properties but ALL properties. It's a reaction to getting priced out and the government not doing shit about it. Granted, there are tons of other problems (prices rising weekly or monthly, wages not keeping up at all with inflation and rising prices, and overtourism more generally), but this is low-hanging fruit.

As someone who just bought a house last year (on the market for over a year in the countryside with farmland for which I had to interview and get permits to buy and use), and volunteers in his community, this is terrifying to me. I had to go through tons of extra hoops just for being a foreigner to begin with and now, thanks to fuckhead illegal hotel owners and bad policy, now lots of people want to take the one little bit of stability I finally felt.

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 31 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

An important population we need to increase is ethical landlords.

And by ethical, I mean former.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 3 points 3 hours ago

The only good landlord is a former landlord.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 3 points 8 hours ago

that's excellent

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Your neighbor was your friend... Until they sold out. ..

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 31 points 14 hours ago (12 children)

Funny how if you remove all landlords no one loses their home.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 21 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I think it can be generally said that the US and their success stories are a force for the bad in the world.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 hours ago

All the high profile multi-billion dollar tech companies to arise in the last 15-20 years have been some form or other of using technology to skirt existing regulations and to move the risk and expense onto others.

PayPal, Uber, Airbnb, DoorDash, you name it, their "innovations" weren't any kind of innovation in technology, they were innovations in creative ways to make something 5% more convenient at the expense of making it 500% worse all round for everyone.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 12 points 13 hours ago (11 children)

Build. More. Homes.

We used to have enough, and then in the late 70s, early 80s they decided that if they didn't build enough, then they could make housing scarce and therefore more valuable. A big long-con, 40 years in the making.

Housebuilders would make more profit per home. Homeowners would have more wealth (even if they can't access it). Inheritance taxes could take more of a bite. Landlords could charge more. Retirements could be funded entirely by buying 2-3 houses and renting them out, and then cash in later on the full value of those homes when they'd gone up by double the interest rates.

They don't have to be amazing homes. They don't need an acre of land to sit on. They don't need three bedrooms. Kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, living room. Affordable on a quarter of a single person's minimum wage income.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

We already have enough homes, it's just that too many of them are owned by Black Rock and similar companies.

[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 hours ago

I thought investment companies didn't own that many, but just enough to bump the price too high. Like they influenced the market. Now developers are building in the hopes they get bought by the investment guys.

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[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 14 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I know at least one city in France taking measures to severely limit Airbnb, because it's becoming a ghost town and people who actually work there can't find anywhere to live. The housing situation in the area is terrible.

Good for them. I already can't stand "professional" landlords that get into the business of shitting over places people need to live to maximise profit. Those who are taking over those spaces to turn them into fake hotels without the constraints are the lowest of that scum.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 8 hours ago

Governments let them do it.

I wonder why we pay taxes to people who actively work against common interests for the benefit of the few.

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