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1. soonnow · 1789971698 · focus · HN ↗

   To add a b it of context. They do not want to confiscate housing. They do want to pay landlords, though below current (very high) rates. Also this would only apply to private real-estate companies not individual owners.

   And they can't govern alone, so I think it's unlikely that this plan is actually implemented as originally planned. The likely coalition would contain 3 parties.

   1. dirasieb · 1789972590 · focus · HN ↗

      >it's not confiscation, you're just forced to sell at a price i decide is fair

      sound logic

      1. 4gotunameagain · 1789972887 · focus · HN ↗

         The "free market" (which has been demonstrated to not be free at all) has no place in basic needs such as housing.

         Rent extraction is utterly counterproductive for a society.

         Housing should not be a commodity.

         1. derektank · 1789976791 · focus · HN ↗

            Surely, if we are decommodifying basic needs, our first priority should be food, not housing, right? How has nationalization of agriculture worked in the past?

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