• Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I work in a real estate adjacent field, part of the housing issue IS very much because of big companies and people just buying up all the houses to rent them for passive income.

    I don’t care if people have 2 or 3 houses but when they own 8 or 9 or hundreds then yea we have an issue.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I agree a hundred percent. In every business, it’s possible to be predatory. Big companies are doing some really shitty things, and we should try to figure out how to stop that.

      But some people are saying that being a landlord is inherently unethical - the moment someone rents a property, they’re a vile leach. I just think that’s wrong.