Not denying we have a broken system, but how could we outlaw real estate investment without removing the option of renting an apartment or house?
> Amsterdam’s proposed laws wouldn’t stop new rental housing from being built—according to the city’s proposal, that housing would simply have to be proposed and approved as rental property in the first place.
>Imho real estate should be absolutely outside the possibility of speculation and 'investment'
Private services are still not public services, and paying private companies to follkw public service contracts has nothing in common in providing a publix service through a public institution.
What problem would that solve? Certainly not any of the problems covered by the article.