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dwrobertstoday at 9:04 AM1 replyview on HN

If all the properties owned by career landlords were returned to be sold, the value (and price) of property would go down.

This idea that ubiquitous rental (which is normally at obscene prices any way) makes cities more accessible to live in is nonsense. Landlords are creating the problem that they state they are fixing


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CalRoberttoday at 10:41 AM

This is true, the prices do drop. In Amsterdam at least it meant low income renters getting evicted so that people with roughly 2x their income could buy their former homes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t05cFv02pzY is an interesting discussion of this.