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by lr4444lr 2639 days ago
If people have an "inherent right to place" that extends to the actual address, what's the incentive to private residency land ownership?
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I probably wasn't clear on this, but I'm referring more towards the broader neighborhood a person lives in. At least currently, rent control and land ownership is the only clear way to prevent outsiders from coming in and disrupting the community.
Just what kind of outsiders are you so worried about?
The kind that come in, buy up property and evict every tenant living in said building, followed by raising prices such that no one who lived in the area previously could afford it.

This isn't about outsiders who move to a neighborhood with the goal of having a place to live, this is about investors walking into a neighborhood and viewing it as a financial opportunity.

So you DO mean right to place by address, when pressed about it. That's a pretty nativist impulse.