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[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you outlawed real-estate agents and made housing transactions go through at-cost through a public board, you'd probably do more for housing than just about anything else.

When economists talk about non-productive uses of capital, this is what they mean. This isn't "investing", this is parasitism.

[–] SamuelRJankis@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Just to pull a number out of my ass I think we're 10 years away having enough people vote for affordability to actually have politicians implement any sincere policies meant to make housing affordable.