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minus-squarePeaty@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·9 months agothe people complaining they can’t buy a house aren’t the unhoused crowd to begin with.
minus-squareANGRY_MAPLE@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoIf it was easier to buy a house, rent would likely also be lower, due the lower demand.
minus-squarePeaty@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoThat’s true but it doesn’t change my point which is that the person complaining they cannot afford to buy a home isn’t an unhoused person.
minus-squareANGRY_MAPLE@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 months agoThat’s true, but that person wasn’t me. I wasn’t defending their comment. I was making a factual statement.
the people complaining they can’t buy a house aren’t the unhoused crowd to begin with.
If it was easier to buy a house, rent would likely also be lower, due the lower demand.
That’s true but it doesn’t change my point which is that the person complaining they cannot afford to buy a home isn’t an unhoused person.
That’s true, but that person wasn’t me.
I wasn’t defending their comment. I was making a factual statement.