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testing22321today at 2:17 PM4 repliesview on HN

If investment companies that already own tens of thousands of homes buy them and keep increasing the rent, the problem has not been solved.


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Windchasertoday at 5:27 PM

Investment companies own only about 2% of the housing market, and most of these are rented out. Investment companies aren't really the cause of housing prices remaining high - in moderate- and high-demand areas, we simply aren't building enough to keep up with demand.

exabrialtoday at 5:59 PM

You literally didn't read the article.

Build more housing.

idbnstratoday at 3:32 PM

land value tax would fix this

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brazzytoday at 2:29 PM

Except they cannot increase rents when there is enough supply for a market to actually work.

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