• whoisearth@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    Housing is a human right, not an investment.

    Yes and yes 1000%

    Nationalize housing

    Fuck no.

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      33 minutes ago

      Why not though? The experiments done in housing nationalization have been extremely successful in abolishing homelessness and guaranteeing access to affordable housing. In Cuba, if you study in (completely free) public university, the state assigns you a flat at no cost. In the Soviet Union, housing used to cost 3% of monthly incomes back in the 1970s.

      Imagine the possibilities that we could get with 50+ years of technological and industrial development if we nationalized housing in the west…

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        14 hours ago

        Ok? That’s not all housing which to me is nationalizing. All countries have some concept of co-op or subsidized housing which is owned and administered by the government. It can and does exist in parallel. Should the government be doing more of it? I would argue yes.