[zwnow]

> It's fine to want that but let's not pretend "rent should be illegal" is a serious or reasonable policy proposal.

So its fine for you that there are people owning 20+ properties speculating on profit for basic human needs? Its literally Nestlé "this is MY water" behavior.

[conductr]

Most people here are pro capitalism. It has flaws but you’re also being blind to its benefits.

If 20 people need homes to live in and can’t afford to build them, suddenly landlords/investors have a place because they built housing inventory where others couldn’t. They won’t do that for free though and why should they.

I remember your username from prior threads, you’re a troll man. Take this crap to Reddit.

[ulrashida]

It's a bit telling of your own biases that government/public housing seems to have escaped mention as "having a place" in this scenario.

[testing22321]

Let them profit off commercial real estate, or a million other things that capitalism provides.

The nestle statements about profiting off people’s need for drinking water were universally viewed as disgusting. We shouldn’t always profit off the basic needs of other humans.

[shoemakersteve]

Say they don't. If they can't afford to buy their own house, now those people no longer have a place to live. How is that better?