YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoDemocrats Unveil Bill to Ban Hedge Funds From Owning Single-Family Homes Amid Housing Crisistruthout.orgexternal-linkmessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up11.81Karrow-down112
arrow-up11.8Karrow-down1external-linkDemocrats Unveil Bill to Ban Hedge Funds From Owning Single-Family Homes Amid Housing Crisistruthout.orgYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square192fedilink
minus-square4lan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up48arrow-down1·11 months agoI can’t express how excited this makes me. I have been saying for years now that regulation is the only cure for the housing crisis, and resulting homeless crisis. I wrote my Congresswoman about this a while back. Fuck. Yes.
minus-squarebooks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·11 months agoI wouldnt get too excited. The hedge funds will just start an LLC or s corps or some other legal loop hole and continue forward doing what they do.
minus-squarepomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months agoAt least make it hard for them. Keep squeezing, and they may move on to some easier racket. Do nothing and you guarantee they keep robbing from you in broad daylight.
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoyou’re excited and that’s cool but it’s almost certainly not happening
I can’t express how excited this makes me.
I have been saying for years now that regulation is the only cure for the housing crisis, and resulting homeless crisis.
I wrote my Congresswoman about this a while back.
Fuck. Yes.
I wouldnt get too excited. The hedge funds will just start an LLC or s corps or some other legal loop hole and continue forward doing what they do.
At least make it hard for them. Keep squeezing, and they may move on to some easier racket. Do nothing and you guarantee they keep robbing from you in broad daylight.
you’re excited and that’s cool but it’s almost certainly not happening