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   iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 21:47:49 JST iced depresso
   you know society is working great when an entire generation of people can't afford comfortable living space while like 40%* of houses are LITERALLY EMPTY because speculators own them
   
   * i don't recall the exact figure
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 21:51:23 JST iced depresso

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     • moshibar
     @moshibar thats somehow not as bad as i remembered
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     moshibar@fedi.catboy.agency's status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 21:51:24 JST moshibar

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     @icedquinn@blob.cat in the US its about 10%

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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 22:04:59 JST iced depresso

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     • Amikke
     @Amikke there were some places around here where they were holding the houses closed hoping to get escaping californians overpaying for the houses
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     Amikke (amikke@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 22:05:05 JST Amikke

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     @icedquinn you got baited by leftie economic comprehension, in the vast majority of cases it's more worth it even for speculators to lend those houses out. Sure, they may gain value by sitting there, but they can earn more money and degrade not much faster when actually used. The empty housings you hear about are usually in bumfuck nowhere where people are running away from and literally nobody wants to buy them for any reasonable price, nor does anyone want to rent them.

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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 22:14:50 JST iced depresso

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     • Amikke
     @Amikke we live in a time where rich people aren't exactly rational actors
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     Amikke (amikke@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 22:14:55 JST Amikke

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     @icedquinn that's funny. Still a tiny minority compared to the actual percentage of empty housings the lefties love to throw around and blame on Evil Speculators.