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[โ€“] Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (17 children)

I actually don't mind people who want to live in tiny homes. After all, it's our societal fixation on mcmansions and suburban sprawl for all that has caused us to pass restrictive zoning laws and parking minimums and setback requirements and everything, which have created an artificial scarcity of housing. And it's this artificial scarcity of housing that investors, speculators, landlords, and old homeowners use to extract ungodly amounts of wealth from the younger and working class. If we abolished those laws, built more housing, and solved the housing crisis, we wouldn't be feeling nearly so much like peasants, working paycheck to paycheck and under mountains of debt.

If there's no housing scarcity, your landlord can't extract nigh-unlimited amounts of money from you.

[โ€“] Falafels@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I'd quite happily live in a tiny home as long as it's surrounded by a couple of acres.

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