Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis?

• solsangraal@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  how slum lord flats are the solution here

  they’re a solution for building owners who can’t find tenants to lease their office space to. they don’t actually care about the peasants who can’t find affordable homes

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  • 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s kind of the definition of a slum lord, though, isn’t it?

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    • solsangraal@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      instead of “tenants” i should have said “badly run businesses that nevertheless have tons of capital to blow on office space”

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      • 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ah. Sorry. I misunderstood ‘tenants’ in terms of the civiz who would rent the tiny flat, and not as the businesses who would rent the entire floor.

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• Orbituary@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Who do you think owns those fucking buildings with office space?

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  • 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The same investment firms. That’s my point. They own too much, and need regulation.

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