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[–] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Corrupted pieces of shit. Multiple properties. Developers. Name more corruption

[–] Tremble@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ahh yes, Schrödinger’s immigrant, who is using all of his free social welfare benefits to buy up all the the housing stock.

[–] uthredii@programming.dev 0 points 10 months ago

The video isn't about that at all. I really wish people (not just you) would watch it before commenting or voting.

[–] Dio@lemy.lol -2 points 10 months ago
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does higher demand for housing increase housing demand? Waste twelve minutes of your life to find out!

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

are housing prices controlled by investment funds and AirBnB buyouts with no relation to demand? shocking!

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, those are part of the demand ...

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

well … artificial scarcity and manufactured demand for something that’s a human right …

EDIT: hey, not bad, UK is only 1 vacant home per unhoused compared to the US’s 28:1 …