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Ok but this isn't really the same thing. A home isn't a tool you rent just to use when you need it. Everyone needs a shelter to live in.
You give two reasons it's preferable to rent rather than own your home:
That's just ridiculous.
You do realise that you're still paying to maintain it, right? The landlord is just also taking extra. Even if the landlord were charging you only what was strictly necessary for maintenance (which they aren't), they'd still have unnecessary leverage over you just for existing in a space.
Don't try to make excuses for landlords. We all know they're vermin. They're not doing you any favours by forcing you to keep paying high prices to live.
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Everyone needs a shelter to live in, but that doesn't mean everyone can afford buying one outright. What about the people who can't afford to buy one outright?
If someone can't afford to buy a house or a condo, does that mean they shouldn't get to live in one?
What about people who want the freedom to move from place to place without being tied down, too bad, they have to own a place?
Generally that's what mortgages are for. Considering rent needs to cover the cost of [ mortgage + expenses + the landlord's profit ] anyone that can afford rent can afford the mortgage.
That's not to mention the reason housing prices are so absurd is because landlords are buying up all the available supply in order to profit it off of it existing. Without landlords housing becomes much more affordable.
We are having a housing crisis right now. So how about we worry about the large group of people who want to own shelter and can't, and then we can worry about the much smaller group of people who have the means to move constantly but find hiring a realtor just too much effort.
Well I didn't know you knew the answer to everything. And I'm not defending anyone, I'm presenting a different scenario, one that I have been in.