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2022-02-21 Economy

Rents reach ‘insane' levels across US with no end in sight

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-21 01:45|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 So with MID-TERM months away and the Liberal-Socialist-Democrats way behind in the polls?

Should we expect to see a $100 billion in shifted funds called the "Shelter America" Emergency Act bill suddenly appear.

AKA "House the poor for votes" stunt?

Posted by NN2N1 2022-02-21 06:00|| 2022-02-21 06:00|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Well, for one, I see rent controls making a comeback, because the people most likely to suggest them are the ones least likely to understand the effects.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-02-21 06:44|| 2022-02-21 06:44|| Front Page Top

#3 It's ~~Adam Smith's~~ nature's way of saying - Move Elsewhere, like someplace you can afford.

It's call supply and demand. Florida and Texas are suffering from an uncontrolled influx of neo-Socialists who crapped in their old nest and seek a new one to despoil.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-21 07:02|| 2022-02-21 07:02|| Front Page Top

#4 /\ And this drives up the prices of what is available, own or lease.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-21 07:22|| 2022-02-21 07:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Gee, do you think there's any relation to the recently-discontinued rent moratorium based on the deadlycoronavirus pandemic? Or is it just inflation due to the profligate spending because of the deadlycoronavirus pandemic?

Posted by Bobby 2022-02-21 07:37|| 2022-02-21 07:37|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ Conspiracy theories. Little more than conspiracy theories.

[sarc off]

Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-21 07:42|| 2022-02-21 07:42|| Front Page Top

#7 A great time to be renting to recently imported "interpreters" whose rent is paid directly by the gummint...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-02-21 07:53|| 2022-02-21 07:53|| Front Page Top

#8 /\ 'Section 8' housing to an entirely new level.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-21 07:55|| 2022-02-21 07:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Surprisingly, shouting that "Housing is a human right!" did not produce more housing.

Posted by Matt 2022-02-21 10:06|| 2022-02-21 10:06|| Front Page Top

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