alt Hacker NewsIt's true that it's a carve out, and current young generations are having huge problems getting homes in a lot of the world.
But in the Netherlands, the overall home ownership rate is still about 70 percent (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_lvho02__c... might need to drill down a little).
In the US it's 65 percent.
Carve outs for home owners are some of the most understandable political strategies across the developed world.
I totally get that it’s an understandable political strategy. I just think it’s in defensible as anything but a political strategy, and that it will ultimately make life worse for more people versus simply treating assets as assets, including homes. If homeowners do not wish their homes to be treated as assets, then they could simply forgo the right to profits, but I suspect they will not do that.