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Why doesn't Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather own a home yet? (www.theguardian.com)

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Why doesn't Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather own a home yet?He responds that he has a small, single-income family and gives up about $50,000 from his annual salary to fund a free meal program in his Brisbane electorate. 'Because of that, giving up that money, and being on a single income and in an inner city electorate with a very, very high median house price, it is actually sort of difficult at the moment to buy a house there,' the Greens housing and homelessness spokesperson says.

Well, thank you Max.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No, because, and I say this as a landlord myself, landlords care about paying the mortgage more than the principle of being allowed to own property to rent. Most landlords can’t afford for it not to be rented out. Turning down a good tenant due to their political beliefs would be foolish. And mean.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I assumed it would also be illegal discrimination, but I have no evidence.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, Lemmy is very well aware that tenants pay the mortgage for landlords.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Subsidised by tax breaks, no less. Yes, it's a bad system.