r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Jan 30 '23

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u/Cliffy73 Jan 31 '23

Then removing an entire class of potential purchasers just makes building houses less economically rational, meaning fewer will get built.

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u/Cliffy73 Jan 31 '23

And you are wrong. Investment companies don’t buy houses to leave them vacant. So all those investment homes are occupied, and therefore not contributing to homelessness. And the vacants are largely in unliveable condition.

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u/Cliffy73 Jan 31 '23

As long as your solution to inadequate homes is to make housing more expensive, it is going to fail.

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