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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

We need the Rent Is Too Damn High guy to be in high political office to get this shit under control.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Eh, McMillan is a republican who endorsed Trump. We don’t need him.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

We want the legend, rather than the man, it would seem

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

good luck angering the rich real estate-owning people without a backup plan

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

At this point we need somebody who will just come out and say it: it's everyone else versus landlords.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Fuck them. You cant outsource an apartment building to China. Make their lives hell and if they decide being a landlord isn't worth it and sell their property at a loss then everyone is better off for it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

What we need is more housing, and that means looser zoning, which means fighting the NIMBYs. I would love to see mixed zoning become a more common thing in the US (and everywhere TBH).