@SeattleRainM to Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly English • edit-21 day agoThe Stop Wall Street Landlords Act has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Ro Khanna. The bill would raise taxes on the purchase of single family homes by private equity and corporations. www.notus.orgexternal-linkmessage-square32arrow-up1412arrow-down14cross-posted to: politics
arrow-up1408arrow-down1external-linkThe Stop Wall Street Landlords Act has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Ro Khanna. The bill would raise taxes on the purchase of single family homes by private equity and corporations. www.notus.org@SeattleRainM to Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly English • edit-21 day agomessage-square32cross-posted to: politics
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish53•2 days agoRaise taxes? Make it fucking illegal for a corporation to own a single family home.
minus-square@IlluminostrolinkEnglish4•1 day agoOr a hedge fund, or a private equity fund, or a Russian or Arab oligarch…
minus-square@DerArztlinkEnglish3•1 day agoBut corporations are people, do you not want people to own homes?
minus-square@IlluminostrolinkEnglish2•1 day ago“But, tell me, Mr. Romney, why do they not face the same consequences as a private citizien? Do you still work with Bane…?”
minus-square@HeyThisIsntTheYMCAlinkEnglish6•2 days agoSo long as trusts can still own homes I’m good.
minus-square@johannesvanderwhaleslinkEnglish-2•1 day agoThat would make things pretty hard for builders.
minus-square@brygphilomenalinkEnglish5•1 day agoYea, but something that could be easily worked around. Corporations must list single family dwellings for sale within X amount of time construction completes. Corporations are forbidden from renting out single family dwellings.
Raise taxes? Make it fucking illegal for a corporation to own a single family home.
Or a hedge fund, or a private equity fund, or a Russian or Arab oligarch…
But corporations are people, do you not want people to own homes?
“But, tell me, Mr. Romney, why do they not face the same consequences as a private citizien? Do you still work with Bane…?”
So long as trusts can still own homes I’m good.
That would make things pretty hard for builders.
Yea, but something that could be easily worked around. Corporations must list single family dwellings for sale within X amount of time construction completes. Corporations are forbidden from renting out single family dwellings.