ID: A Sophie Labelle 4 panel comic featuring Stephie in different poses, saying:

Landlords do not provide housing.

They buy and Hold more space than they need for themselves.

Then, they create a false scarcity and profit off of it.

What they’re doing is literally the opposite of providing housing.

  • TheObviousSolution@lemm.eeEnglish
    61·
    1 month ago

    What does this mean? It sounds like paying rent to the government using different words. A better solution I see is limiting the amount and type of property an individual can own before taxes are raised significantly or more severe steps are taken.

    • BigBenis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 month ago

      Why not pay rent to the government? Without a profit incentive, the value of housing would go down and the money you’re paying in rent to the government would go on to fund public services rather than private equity firms, bank executives and shareholders

      • boonhet@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        I think most people’s goal is to one day own property so they can stop paying rent.

        Paying rent to government is better than paying it to my horrible multitrillionaire landlord who has like 3 or 4 apartments or something and is using the income to focus on his music instead of working, but eventually I’d like to not pay rent to anyone, at all.