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Landlords Evicted Maui Residents and Housed Wildfire Survivors for More Money. FEMA Didn’t Take Basic Steps to Stop It. (www.propublica.org)
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Agreed. Slow and steady with the real estate race. Sadly, we have been programmed to flip houses and chase immediate gains. I feel those people would be bad at chess.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How about ~~Slow and steady~~ not at all with the "real estate race"? Sadly, we have been programmed to ~~flip houses and chase immediate gains.~~ see housing as a commodity and investment opportunity rather than the human right it is, and which it is wholly immoral to withhold for profit.