𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘 to A Boring DystopiaEnglish • 4 months agoAre 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis?www.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: housing_bubble_2
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minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘OPlinkfedilinkEnglish36•4 months agoExactly. Not sure how slum lord flats are the solution here, when investment firms are sitting on millions of empty homes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish29•4 months ago how slum lord flats are the solution here they’re a solution for building owners who can’t find tenants to lease their office space to. they don’t actually care about the peasants who can’t find affordable homes
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘OPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoThat’s kind of the definition of a slum lord, though, isn’t it?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•4 months agoinstead of “tenants” i should have said “badly run businesses that nevertheless have tons of capital to blow on office space”
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘OPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoAh. Sorry. I misunderstood ‘tenants’ in terms of the civiz who would rent the tiny flat, and not as the businesses who would rent the entire floor.
minus-squareOrbituarylinkEnglish3•4 months agoWho do you think owns those fucking buildings with office space?
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘OPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agoThe same investment firms. That’s my point. They own too much, and need regulation.
Exactly. Not sure how slum lord flats are the solution here, when investment firms are sitting on millions of empty homes.
they’re a solution for building owners who can’t find tenants to lease their office space to. they don’t actually care about the peasants who can’t find affordable homes
That’s kind of the definition of a slum lord, though, isn’t it?
instead of “tenants” i should have said “badly run businesses that nevertheless have tons of capital to blow on office space”
Ah. Sorry. I misunderstood ‘tenants’ in terms of the civiz who would rent the tiny flat, and not as the businesses who would rent the entire floor.
Who do you think owns those fucking buildings with office space?
The same investment firms. That’s my point. They own too much, and need regulation.