• gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 hours ago

    I mean sure we can ban institutional investors from buying up houses in your area, but the question is: will new houses stlil continue to be built? or are houses mostly built because the developers intend to sell them to institutional investors that can pay high prices for it?

    in any case, the opposite of institutional investment is social housing. you can’t only ban one without also pushing the other.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      43 minutes ago

      will new houses stlil continue to be built?

      Yes, obviously.

      the opposite of institutional investment is social housing. you can’t only ban one without also pushing the other.

      I would go farther and say institutional investment undermines social housing, as social housing cuts into the profits of institutional investors.