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A Boring Dystopia
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15 percent of the market is big enough to matter. https://slate.com/business/2021/06/blackrock-invitation-houses-investment-firms-real-estate.html
Corporations bought 15% of homes sold in that quarter, they don't own 15% of the homes. The total owned is much less, I think it's 2% combined. But regardless, that does not impact HOUSING, it impacts home buying. Separate issue.
If 100 people need somewhere to live, and there are 98 houses, 2 people will not have housing. Now imagine a corporation buys 10 houses and rents them out to 10 of the people. Still exactly 2 people without housing. I care more about helping the people who do not have places to live.
It is more than you think.
https://www.billtrack50.com/blog/investment-firms-and-home-buying/#:~:text=According%20to%20data%20reported%20by,%2D2021%2C%20why%20is%20this%3F