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by ajeet_dhaliwal 3211 days ago
Put a limit (e.g. 1) on the number of residential properties any individual person can own within city limits and make them (residential properties only within city limits) illegal to buy for a corporation.

A lot of people might think 'socialist' and I may have said the same a few years ago but having seen issues up front, lives (within some cities) are being completely ruined with the hoarding and speculation.

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So no-one can move to this city unless they can afford a mortgage there with it's associated closing costs?
Presumably people could still rent out their own property, as long as the owner is an individual who either lives on the premises, rents (but doesn't own) another place in the city, or lives outside the city entirely.