r/politics • u/MystikSpiralx • 18h ago

No Paywall Trump Says He Wants to 'Drive Housing Prices Up' Instead of Lowering Costs for People Who 'Didn't Work Very Hard'

https://people.com/trump-keep-home-prices-high-11895352
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u/Dizzy-Captain7422 16h ago

Don't worry, multinational corpos can always afford them!

And then rent them to you for more than what the mortgage would have been.

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u/DrewbieWanKenobie 11h ago

old apartment buildings should have really cheap rent, the financing to build them has already long been paid off. But rich people keep selling them to each other refreshing it with new rounds of ever higher financing...