SeattleRain@lemmy.worldM to Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoThe Stop Wall Street Landlords Act has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Ro Khanna. The bill would raise taxes on the purchase of single family homes by private equity and corporations. www.notus.orgexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1419arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1415arrow-down1external-linkThe Stop Wall Street Landlords Act has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Ro Khanna. The bill would raise taxes on the purchase of single family homes by private equity and corporations. www.notus.orgSeattleRain@lemmy.worldM to Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square28fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaretabularasalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·1 month agoRaise taxes? Make it fucking illegal for a corporation to own a single family home.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoSo long as trusts can still own homes I’m good.
minus-squareDerArzt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 month agoBut corporations are people, do you not want people to own homes?
minus-squarejohannesvanderwhales@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 month agoThat would make things pretty hard for builders.
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoYea, but something that could be easily worked around. Corporations must list single family dwellings for sale within X amount of time construction completes. Corporations are forbidden from renting out single family dwellings.
Raise taxes? Make it fucking illegal for a corporation to own a single family home.
So long as trusts can still own homes I’m good.
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But corporations are people, do you not want people to own homes?
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That would make things pretty hard for builders.
Yea, but something that could be easily worked around. Corporations must list single family dwellings for sale within X amount of time construction completes. Corporations are forbidden from renting out single family dwellings.