ID: A Sophie Labelle 4 panel comic featuring Stephie in different poses, saying:

Landlords do not provide housing.

They buy and Hold more space than they need for themselves.

Then, they create a false scarcity and profit off of it.

What they’re doing is literally the opposite of providing housing.

  • count_dongulus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Alright but…there actually is a legitimate service that landlords provide. If someone does not want to own and maintain a property for a long period of time, or doesn’t have enough money or means to satisfy a lender that they will be able to repay a very large loan on that property over a long time, a rental agreement is beneficial. Grad students, visa holders, travel nurses, etc probably don’t want to purchase the property they’re temporarily staying in.

    • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      22 days ago

      You don’t have to rent from a landlord, you should have the ability to rent from a nonprofit, a co-op, etc. Housing is a human right and should never be about profit.

    • Phegan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      22 days ago

      Don’t ever call what landlords do a service. They do it for profit. It’s not a service.

      • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.worldEnglish
        02·
        21 days ago

        As opposed to everyone else who actively seeks to make trades that are detrimental to them?

        “Service” and “for profit” are not antonyms, nor mutually exclusive.