• The Menemen!
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    1 year ago

    Where did I say “everyone”?

    But it is defintly not a given that an apartment has to be the tool of a slum lord, the way they portrayed it to discredit the idea that appatments are a more sustainable way of living…

    Apartments can be owned by the people who live in it and this is quite common in many countries.

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      1 year ago

      If one person rents out 4 appartments, that means that at least 4 others do not own their home. It’s the same with houses of course.

      Germany is just a particularly bad example unfortunately. Low ownership is a problem because it increases wealth inequality, which is also worse in Germany than many other nations.

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        11 year ago

        Low ownership is a problem because it increases wealth inequality

        True, but even here their statement that “all of those apartments are owned by one person” is far from a given. Especially with new developments this is rarely the case, even here.