• Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com
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    15 hours ago

    It’s only a parasitic financial relationship when the rented property is on the hands of a private owner. We could totally have collectively/publicly owned housing rented at maintenance costs, which would 100% remove the exploitation and parasitism

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      5 hours ago

      Municipalities renting out apartments is really common where I live. I think this sort of differences are why the discussion about landlords seems often strange to me. Here renters have good protections and rights, there’s plenty of municipality owned or otherwise low-profit marging letting organizations and so on.