db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 months agoGet rid of landlords...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up124cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up124imageGet rid of landlords...lemmy.worlddb0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarephotonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWouldn’t landlords simply pass those costs onto their renters?
minus-squareSeattleRain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 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-up1·6 months agoIntroduce rent control
minus-squarefishpen0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 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.