The Biden administration announced new steps Friday to ensure access to affordable housing, launching a slew of resources to convert high-vacancy commercial buildings to residential use.
I think any home that you aren’t living in should not be allowed to net you profit. If you want to own a second home somewhere to vacation in, or to help out your kids, fine. But if you want to rent it out or buy to flip, that should all be required non-profit. We all know where for-profit health insurance has gotten us and can mostly agree that the profit-driven motive is the reason so many people can’t afford healthcare. Housing is a basic human right just as health is. We need to remove profit motives entirely from our housing market.
I think any home that you aren’t living in should not be allowed to net you profit. If you want to own a second home somewhere to vacation in, or to help out your kids, fine. But if you want to rent it out or buy to flip, that should all be required non-profit. We all know where for-profit health insurance has gotten us and can mostly agree that the profit-driven motive is the reason so many people can’t afford healthcare. Housing is a basic human right just as health is. We need to remove profit motives entirely from our housing market.