Cory Doctorow on Nostr: But as Kuttner points out, the Boomers' real-estate wealth comes not from aggressive ...
But as Kuttner points out, the Boomers' real-estate wealth comes not from aggressive house-flipping, but from merely owning a place to live. America's housing bubble means that younger people can't afford this basic human necessity, but the answer to that isn't making old people homeless - it's providing *a lot* more housing, and banning housing speculation:
https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/06/the-rents-too-damned-high/9/
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