Current Events > Today millions of people will be evicted

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smh

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What can be done about it? We are all entitled to know the answer.

One solution is that we take back all of our own homes. For me, this means simply buying them back and moving into them for others, and for everyone else to follow. Many homes are so old that the value for the money they were selling is extremely minimal, and having that as a bargaining chip can become very valuable. I'm not at all opposed to this option as long as I understand that it has been made possible in part by government borrowing. This would provide for, among other things, the maintenance and upkeep of abandoned homes and the creation of affordable rental housing. In addition, my vote for a one-time loan, rather than a ten-year fixed loan, to purchase my own home is meant to discourage the many abuses of foreclosures in many parts of the country.

The other alternative to buy back your own home is rent regulation. If we are to change course, any change to land laws, tenant rights and anti-discrimination laws must include both laws that protect tenants and laws that protect landlords and the lenders that they serve.

Since the housing crisis has swept through our cities and is slowly eroding communities, we can and must address it. As cities' policies become less focused on the needs of low-income or working-class folks, the only place we can truly tackle that requires people of all backgrounds and needs to be in agreement about the solutions.

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Neither party cares and won't do anything about it. Its all going to get worse and worse until the country inevitably collapses while the rich get away and move elsewhere.

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Good, maybe that will free up some apartments around me. Trying to leave the place I'm at, but all that's avail right now are old people rentals.