• SeattleRain@lemmy.world
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        30 days ago

        The majority of units are owned by individual “mom and pop” landlords. I’ve seen estimates of corporate landlord ownership of the market as low as 15%.

        I’m against Blackrock owning homes but they exacerbated the problem, not create it.

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      30 days ago

      It’s a slim majority, and a $300billion/year industry. It would certainly have a normalizing effect.

    • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
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      30 days ago

      Those mom and pop owners need to stop hoarding housing so that millennials and zoomers can finally get out of their apartments and rentals