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[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 14 points 5 months ago

Even without getting rid of the economic system itself, it's quite possible to make landlording not worth it via legislation. Tenant protections, taxation on corporation-owned homes, etc.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 11 points 5 months ago

Like many things under capitalism, it's fine with heavy control and safe guards, just not the runaway "invisible hand of the market" version we actually have.

[-] LordCrom@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Make any property that is not a persons primary residence subject to 10x the normal property tax.

Problem solved.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Pretty much.

Actually in my country, your primary residence is exempt from property tax. Note that this isn't transitive - you don't get the tax exemption from your tenants' primary residences that you own and they live in if you're a landlord. You're exempt only on the one property you live in, if you're the owner.

Now a reasonable next step would be to greatly increase the normal property tax.

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