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How private equity is changing housing

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115 points harambae | 3 comments | 09 Dec 25 17:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mwkaufma ◴[09 Dec 25 17:50 UTC] No.46208059[source]▶
Summary: they're pulling "starter homes" off the market, predominantly in nonwhite neighborhoods, and skimping more on maintenance/landscaping.
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1. cyberax ◴[09 Dec 25 18:12 UTC] No.46208349[source]▶
There are now no "starter homes". There are starter _locations_. And dense cities ain't them no more.
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2. mwkaufma ◴[09 Dec 25 19:59 UTC] No.46209827[source]▶
This is addressed in the article that you didn't read, but commented on anyway.
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3. cyberax ◴[09 Dec 25 20:49 UTC] No.46210446[source]▶
No, it's not. The article is nothing but a complete lie and a ragebait against scapegoats. This is similar to how conservatives are raging against trans people.

Starting from this:

> The United States is short 4 million housing units

It's a lie. The US has more than one housing unit (1.1) per family.

We don't have a housing problem. We really really don't.

We have an urbanism problem, that made the dense hellscapes the only viable housing location.