• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    That doesn’t actually mean there are 65 million surplus properties. A vacant house isn’t an unnecessary house. Children move out all the time, families sometimes break up, Chinese citizens currently living overseas or in Europe return home, etc.

    I bet there’s actually math for this - I wonder if anyone has calculated the optimal amount of vacancies?

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        1 year ago

        Sometimes, you misspeculate. Some developers lost a whole fuck ton of money on the project, but that’s more than made up for if you can turn a profit on projects near big cities (which demand is still sky high for).

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        1 year ago

        I still find it hard to believe that they are making the best use of labor and materials

        Is anyone? If I have to choose between “housing shortage” and “housing surplus” I know which society I would prefer.