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The landlord discussion is interesting. Me personally see the contempt arising through two separate avenues; an economic one and a humanitarian, with the emotion (and the focus of public discourse) obv being attached to the latter.
Your classic liberal economist will tell you that landlords do not add productive value to the economy and instead, gain, without adding to, from the prosperity of the land it’s built upon think London’s financial centre and San Francisco’s tech hub Silicon Valley.
Obv this may not hold when land is used productively (offices, warehouses etc etc) but if it does A large part of the value of the property and rent isn’t based on the quality of the property itself but the land it’s built upon.
Property is an investment, thus it should be treated like one. The difference is a “bad” property investment could translate into someone’s livelihood being destroyed as a result of homelessness etc, which is where the disdain comes from I think.
Does that possibility alone make landlords innately evil? No. This is where the state should come in. Tax land to deter unproductive use for example but given the link between housing and the perception of prosperity why would they ey?
Instead you will get phoney solutions which may help people to get on the ladder but then subsequently make it harder for the next person
Disclaimer: I got REITs exposure ksksks
Why’s nobody attacking the estate agents they’re the true villains looool
