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Deregulation will surely help the housing crisis 🤡

Zoning for single-family housing is regulation and is done to boost landlord profits at the expense of working people.

The mortgage-interest tax deduction only benefits wealthier households, while giving nothing to poorer households who rent.

There are many regulations that artificially funnel money upward and would be improved by "deregulating" those parts. Deregulation doesn't have to mean removing safety procedures.

If the states and cities legalized dense housing then much poverty would be relieved.

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I love being a Millennial. Being a Millennial is great. Being a Millennial doesn't make me yearn for death. 2000$ to exist is a steal

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Imagine the landlord renting out two rooms, with two bunks each in a small unit.

$5,600 every month without having to work for it, maybe change a lightbulb occasionally. Even people who get that as wages need to pay for transportation to work, which cuts into the income- but not the landlord who gets it passively.