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If you pay 1% for one house, someone with 2 houses should pay 2%, and a company with 2000 homes should pay 2000%

That would make it increasingly difficult for mega companies to buy up everything and torture the housing market

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[-] kaotic@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago

A company would just fire up 2000 subsidiaries to own the homes.

Maybe companies shouldn't be able to own companies. It just allows to much fuckery. Maybe only real human beings should be able to have ownership stakes in companies, llcs, etc.

Companies shouldn't be able to own homes.

[-] MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago

Why should a landlord be prevented from registering his property under his company?

[-] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Landlords shouldn't be able to own homes.

[-] Shayeta@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Imagine going to another city to attend university. Can't just rent for a few years, gotta have initial capital to BUY an apartment first.

[-] Azzu@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago

Oh these 2000 people own 2000 completely unrelated companies! They all make business with each other because the market is so healthy! All the houses are offered at the same prices because the market works so perfectly by forcing companies to compete with each other so the real value is reached!

[-] MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Is it troubling that this was my first thought?

[-] lokalhorst@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

No, it shows you know how the world works

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago

Okay, now pay business registration taxes on every single one of those subsidiaries.

this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2026
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