• stray@pawb.social
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    3 days ago

    I don’t mean that renting shouldn’t exist, but that it should probably not be run privately for profit.

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      3 days ago

      I’m not wholly against that, but I’m sure there are some benefits. Vienna is the one often brought up in these conversations because something like nearly half their rentals are public and the rest are private which keeps the market in check. We just need much heavy controls on landlords and most people don’t have any experience with landlords that aren’t huge, unregulated pieces of shit.

      It’s like how private business is not inherently bad but most places do it so badly that people want out of the whole deal.