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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, we could do a Castro and just nationalise all rentals, in theory. Growing a government department that plays the role of every landlord at once would be a big project, though, and of course it's not politically viable at the moment. And we'd still have a housing shortage.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not public housing, social housing. We could seed self-owning housing coops.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Same problem as with getting a mortgage, then. A lot of people don't have the money to start or buy into such a thing.