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Rents Hit Historic New High; Millions to be Evicted

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by ETGator1, Aug 30, 2022.

  1. ETGator1

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  2. tilly

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    This is why both of my properties are/will be Airbnb's. This eliminates my having to deal with any of this.
     
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  3. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

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    Good grief ..

     
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  4. channingcrowderhungry

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    You realize this is literally a capitalism problem correct?
     
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  5. citygator

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    We should probably build more. Maybe lower the interest rates?
     
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  6. philnotfil

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    How would you solve the problem?
     
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  7. wgbgator

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    Also why rents are up and housing is scarce, because everyone has the same idea!
     
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  8. wgbgator

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    I like what he laid out there, price controls and flushing landlords down the toilet :)
     
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    We could always get the cdc to step in again.
     
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  10. archigator_96

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    Not that familiar with the rental market but if you are evicting people because they can't pay the rent are there a long line of people that make a lot more money than the evictee that can afford the new rent or will they be evicted too in 6 months?
     
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  11. ETGator1

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    There is no current easy fix other than for Dictator Biden to act independently and unilaterally again.

    Inflation must come down first which means the higher interest rates already announced that are coming and would then hopefully lead to more residential rental properties being built which should help lower rent prices. This has turned into a multi-year battle.
     
  12. WarDamnGator

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    Why would higher interests rate encourage new construction?
     
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  13. ETGator1

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    Capitalism did not create the moratorium on renters paying rents and landlords locked out of the eviction process. This problem is one created by socialism even if well intended early on. We've been in the endemic phase of the China Virus for well over a year, at least since the spring 2021, so why in hades was this program allowed to be dragged on to the end of August 2022?
     
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  14. ETGator1

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    That's not what I said. Higher interest leads to lower inflation which leads to higher building of residential rental units which lead to lower rent prices.
     
  15. WarDamnGator

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    But, you still have higher interest rates in that equation, no matter how you rewrite it.
     
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  16. wgbgator

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    Love it when people call the outcomes of capitalism 'socialism.'
     
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  17. ETGator1

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    Well, of course it does. This is why I said it is a multi-year problem, no easy current fix.
     
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  18. exiledgator

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    You're taking two houses off the market. That's a big part of the problem and the reason many municipalities are making short term rental of a non-primary residence illegal.
     
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  19. citygator

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    Here are some ideas. Open to others.

    1. Work visas for construction workers to add to the labor pool. Labor shortages are stifling building

    2. Rezoning and tax incentives to develop housing out of retail space openings that sit idle in American urban areas.

    3. Subsidized rates for construction loans to minimize interest rate hike impacts.

    4. Ease lending restrictions on condos.
     
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