• Wrench@lemmy.world
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    Lobbying and self interest.

    These reforms may result in housing prices decreasing or holding steady. Which is a plus for anyone entering or laterally moving to occupy. It’s a negative for people using housing as an investment.

    It’s not a stretch to assume that a lot of politicians are in the multiple land ownership territory. And thus, would “hurt” them personally.

    Same with WFH endangering commercial real estate. Lobbies and personal interest. Plenty of business owners in politics.

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      It’s not a stretch to assume that a lot of politicians are in the multiple land ownership territory. And thus, would “hurt” them personally.

      More to the point, it will cost them any support among suburban homeowners, which is how we got here in the first place. That’s a massive bloc of voters and very few homeowners don’t see their homes as an investment

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        Yes, the “fuck you, I got mine” is the core American voter demographic, unfortunately.

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          Only cause the boomers make up the largest voting block right now and they know no other policy than, “fuck you, I got mine.”

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            Sadly prominent in the younger home owner crowd too.

            “Well, did you buy when interest rates were low? No? Guess it sucks to be you”

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      There’s also the fact that plummeting property values is really hard to sell to the majority of the voting base. Many homeowners won’t vote for someone who will tank their often largest asset. A lot of the middle class has a lot of their money in mortgages on their primary home.