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KT2000

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2. Housing shortage and high rents

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 03:57 PM

Jul 17

could be eased by not allowing foreign investors into our market. They are driving up the costs of housing putting more and more people out of reach of having a place to live.

Homes have become international financial commodities and as the number of homeless increases, they are blamed.

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1.4 million renters risk losing their homes with Trump's proposed HUD time limit [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 17 OP

They all need to march on Washington and ask why. OldBaldy1701E Jul 17 #1

Housing shortage and high rents KT2000 Jul 17 #2

Exactly! They have priced most out of home ownership. And I don't know how anybody can even afford to Marie Marie Jul 17 #3