▲ 18 ▼ There Is No Housing Crisis | The Walrus (thewalrus.ca) submitted 3 years ago by lohanginfroot@lemmy.world to c/canada@lemmy.ca 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Bro's making a big deal over the technical definition of a term permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sigma_@lemmy.world 18 points 3 years ago Ehhh I think the downplays the essay's excellent arfument FTA: THIS DISTINCTION between a “housing crisis” and a rental market that enables exploitation has practical implications. How we talk about these issues shapes what we conceive as possible and desirable responses to them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago (2 children) It's a bit of a clickbait title. I shared this here a few days ago and cherry-picked this paragraph for the summary, which I think gets to the point: A housing system that serves all but one group is not in a state of crisis; it is one based on structural inequality and economic exploitation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] phx@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 years ago But there's also a point where the inequality of the system reaches crisis levels. You could afford a house on basic education and wage in decades past. Today, you can't even afford to rent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grass@geddit.social 1 point 3 years ago We live in a time where you can have several properties rented out for only marginally kinder prices than other properties in the area, and still be struggling financially. Selling several turned out to be a bad call. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sigma_@lemmy.world 18 points 3 years ago Ehhh I think the downplays the essay's excellent arfument FTA: THIS DISTINCTION between a “housing crisis” and a rental market that enables exploitation has practical implications. How we talk about these issues shapes what we conceive as possible and desirable responses to them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago (2 children) It's a bit of a clickbait title. I shared this here a few days ago and cherry-picked this paragraph for the summary, which I think gets to the point: A housing system that serves all but one group is not in a state of crisis; it is one based on structural inequality and economic exploitation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] phx@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 years ago But there's also a point where the inequality of the system reaches crisis levels. You could afford a house on basic education and wage in decades past. Today, you can't even afford to rent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grass@geddit.social 1 point 3 years ago We live in a time where you can have several properties rented out for only marginally kinder prices than other properties in the area, and still be struggling financially. Selling several turned out to be a bad call. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phx@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 years ago But there's also a point where the inequality of the system reaches crisis levels. You could afford a house on basic education and wage in decades past. Today, you can't even afford to rent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Grass@geddit.social 1 point 3 years ago We live in a time where you can have several properties rented out for only marginally kinder prices than other properties in the area, and still be struggling financially. Selling several turned out to be a bad call. permalink fedilink source parent
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