Comment by epistasis
3 days ago
It's because of emotionally charged response. Leftists largely don't want corporations owning houses, because it's "impure" and capitalist. Rightists largely don't want renters to live in homes that used to be exclusionary on the basis of being able to buy a home. Though there's crossover on the reasons, of course.
Honestly, the argument on the other side seems like emotionally charged arguments due to TDS and not wanting to give Trump any credit.
It seems obvious to most people that institutional investors should not be allowed near single family homes and you would need quite a strong argument to persuade otherwise.
Which side is TDS and why? I've heard both of these opinions expressed quite freely over the past few years, without any association with Trump. However, most instances of TDS seem to not "derangement" but "normal human emotion to me."
> It seems obvious to most people that institutional investors should not be allowed near single family homes
What is obvious about this? They have always invested in single family homes. Can you provide a priniciple or rationale? If it's something other than renters or "corporations bad but I won't explain further" then I'd love to hear it!
Homes are for people to live in, not asset classes for investors to play with.
There, you have the apparently obscure principle that no one has ever heard of. I’d love to hear whatever economist inspired argument against it lol.
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