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Rent is theft (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by zedgeist@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

(that the owner would have to pay regardless of who is living in the property)

Property doesn't get damaged through use if nobody lives there, what are you talking about?

yet they are not receiving the value of a mortgage.

You're looking at this from the perspective of someone just looking at a spreadsheet.

Sure, you're technically correct - money-wise, they are not getting anything in exchange for them renting the apartment.

What you're seemingly blind to is the utility. They don't have the money for a purchase, they don't have the ability take mortgage themselves, most importantly - they don't want to own property in a foreign country, but due to the geopolitical situation and due to the employment status of the husband, the family wants to temporarily live in my home country.

Sure, there should be cheap rental opportunities, but both the rental market and the mortgages are fucked where I come from. I'll be 80 by the time I'm done paying off the apartment, and thank god I was able to purchase it before getting married, because that has lowered my credit score to the point where I wouldn't be able to purchase at all.

So, I have two options here - sell (to an investment company or a hoarder, because practically nobody else can afford apartments in that area of that city at this moment), or rent way below the average for the area, but still above my mortgage - because I can't afford to pay that on top of being the breadwinner for my family.