Communities fight against 'build-to-rent' subdivisions from breaking ground in Central Ohio

[@ashleykbarks]

This story needs to be told on the national scale. It's not just happening in Ohio.

[@amenotephamon931]

It's not only happening in America, London, Mexico City, Tokyo, all cities in the world are being converted into investment assets and governments are allowing it

[@Steve_Takes]

How much control should government have? That is the question. How much government interference should be allowed in free Market capitalism?

[@Gotostep2]

@@Steve_TakesI don’t think this would be as bad for the free market. Makes me think of zoning. E.g. this zone of homes can be rented and this other zone can’t.

[@alanh9299]

@@Steve_Takes you clearly did not even watch the video. Proposal is to remove tax breaks for large corporations that are buying up then depreciating these assets on a large scale. Isn't the tax break already "government interference" as you call it?

[@kespo5358]

@@Steve_Takes When the transactions are setting the economy on a path for destruction (e.g., nationwide housing crisis), the government needs to step in and set regulations. Even the best economists believe free-market capitalism needs occasional regulations to prevent such grand destruction of the market. And if everything were above board, why do these companies purchase under so many different LLCs? Sounds like they are trying to avoid pre-existing regulations.

[@EmmanuelCage-xd7bt]

I’m in Ohio and the housing market here over the last 7-8 years is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Homes that were bought for $130K in 2015 are now being sold for $380K. I’m talking about tiny, disgusting, poorly built 950 square foot shit boxes in quite mediocre neighborhoods. Then you’ve got Better, average sized homes in nicer neighborhoods that were $300K+ 10 years ago selling for $75OK+ now. Wild times.

[@JenniferDrawbridge]

A recession as bad it can be, provides good buying opportunities in the markets if you’re careful and it can also create volatility giving great short time buy and sell opportunities too. This is not financial advise but get buying, cash isn’t king at all in this time!

[@MarkFreeman-xi3rk]

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[@cythiahan8455]

@@MarkFreeman-xi3rk I've been thinking of going that route been holding on to a bunch of stocks that keeps tanking and I don't know if to keep holding or just dump them, do think your Inv-coach could guide me with portfolio-restructuring as i wouldn’t mind a recommendation.

[@MarkFreeman-xi3rk]

Actually, I've shuffled through a few advisors in the past, and Margaret Johnson Arndt remains the most resourceful thus far. Her strategy proves profitable, and sustainable both in a bull & bear market. Most likely, her deets can be found on the net, so you can confirm yourself.

[@AntonioBianh]

Insightful... I curiously looked up her name on the internet and I found her site and i must say she seems proficient, thanks for sharing.

[@JamesHill1980]

It's a terrible thing that's happening in this country. Corporations don't care if a person can afford rent. They will let a home sit empty until someone desperate enough moves in.

[@sashamoore9691]

Oh But if this were a CALIFORNIA based company we wouldn’t hear the end of it! But since it’s stupid ass Texas based, we only hear crickets! Such hypocrites in the comment section

[@bobsacamano7653]

I learned how corporations think when it comes to renting. If you stay after the lease they will raise it by 20% every six months because if you stay you must have the money and they deserve to take it from you. It is hard to move especially if you need to work 60 or more hours a week just to pay rent.

[@jameslocklear5298]

Do you care about corporations going to their bankruptcy or their cash flows? I don't think so and why do they care about your affordability????? It is not their job or responsibility to care about your financial situations. They have way more data and know numbers what people can afford in the area before they even build their rental properties. They have every God damn RIGHTS to do business in this country.

[@Nirobiscloset10]

Exactly.

[@mannyechaluce3814]

Corporations are ran by intelligent people, they know that having a property sit without making money is a lost, your logic does not work. The truth is, irresponsible people wants everything to be freely provided to them.

[@jrcardoso2853]

companies shouldn’t be allowed to own single family homes! period!

[@johnnymcblaze]

POOR people shouldn't be allowed to own guns. They might try to enact meaningful change.

[@CourageUnderFire87]

Any homes

[@cipdamboianu5139]

Yah, how about straw buyers? Cute grandma and gramps buy the house, then in 30 days pay it off and sell it to Corp..

[@katydid2877]

@@cipdamboianu5139 No corporations should own residential homes period.

[@acod24]

That would make things too simple. Life would be easier and you’d be happier. These demons don’t want that

[@a.l9313]

100 percent. Rent isn't driven by market demand anymore. It's driven by corporate greed.

[@sashamoore9691]

Oh But if this were a CALIFORNIA based company we wouldn’t hear the end of it! But since it’s stupid ass Texas based, we only hear crickets! Such hypocrites in the comment section

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

Your 401k and employer pension might well have shares in said corporation.

[@mannyechaluce3814]

And people wants everything provided to them for free

[@chucksucks8640]

I see you like communism.

[@magesalmanac6424]

Wanting a reasonable cost of living isn’t communism. Jfc this is why nobody takes conservatives seriously anymore.

[@MAG320]

First time a reporter actually addressed KZbinrs at the start of the segment. I applaud you.

[@Socioromanticism]

I think cable news sees it can have a space for good reporting on KZbin as people get away from cable packages. It also allows for reports to be as long as they need to be to deliver information as opposed to editing it down to fit the evening or late news in between commercials.

[@jdog22c34]

Good reporting? You didn't seem to miss challenges to the tax hike guy regarding negative ramifications or asking who is selling to corporations. What happens with rent control? Any insight into rent control tried in other places? This was a report meant to lead you to a conclusion.

[@Socioromanticism]

@@jdog22c34 Yes. Good reporting. It's not a documentary, but it's a story, with facts being presented, to show a perspective. It doesn't have to be unbiased as long as it's factual. I guess you _could_ do a story on the harms this presents to...the...mass house-buying to rent industry? Besides, as _a_ biased statement, why the eff would anyone care about massive corporations that milk the middle class into a situation where they can't afford homes despite working full-time work? There's not much of a story there: you use financial leverage of billions of dollars in capital to buy the American Dream and have people subscribe to it instead. I feel like your questions imply that there's another point or other valid stance, but you failed to make it. Instead, you said "What about the other side" and left it there. That's not a good argument, and I'm pretty sure there's a logical fallacy you made in it.

[@AvaZinn]

I did two #CapriceAndElla miniseries which tackles the Affordable Housing Crisis. Last year, I did an 11-hour 15-part miniseries titled #BreakingBoilingPoint and this fall, following up with a 5.5-hour nine part sequel #BreakingBoilingPoint2 #ARentersRevenge. Filmed in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

[@Kneejair]

​@@SocioromanticismFEEL

[@pressxtojason]

I live in the belly of the beast (California) and this reporting is so spot on. I don't know who this reporter is but she's a national treasure for doing real journalism.

[@Cash4Fruit]

Fellow Californian, age 31 still living w/ my parents so I can save money. Planning to move in with my bf soon and splitting the rent on his $3k 1br SF apartment. My mom had 3 kids and a home by my age 🥲

[@pressxtojason]

@@Cash4Fruit we're all trying to figure out how to survive this. I'm 34, and my wife and I actually got some relief by purchasing a tiny house on wheels and parking it on my sister in law's property. We've been able to save up a hefty sum and plan on moving out of state since you can't buy anything here worth living in for under a freaking million dollars. Things were going good until recently a new neighbor went full Karen and reported our tiny house as an unpermitted ADU but the thing is the planning office in our city has no idea how to even permit this thing because the city has no regulations that cover tiny house living. We're working with them to sort out the situation, and hopefully help them create some new guidelines but man, my parents never had to deal with this kind of bs just to live.

[@gagahusband]

It really do be the belly

[@organicmagic8822]

Stop selling to investors

[@hotmess9640]

@@Cash4Fruityour fault… my husband and I are both 23 and are buying a home in the bay. We’re both from Africa, I’m first gen and his parents came to America just a few years before he was born

[@Agatha207]

Great video, you’ve package an unbiased analysis that is more entertaining than the sensationalized segment of economic and financial news. Thanks for your efforts to be the signal and not the noise. I understand that the world economy is currently in a downturn and that we must wait for the market to recover in order to break even and make great profit returns.

[@Campbell957]

As hard as it may sound, you can plan for recession. If you’re working, find extra work and also get a financial advisor. Protect your deposits by having enough cash in short term fixed income, cut down your expenses, utilities and minimal insurance.

[@Hoffmanluiz.]

That’s why I always make it a point to speak with a financial advisor before choosing any investments. Apparently, I’ve been using one since the pandemic, using profits oriented tactics and minimizing risks as a buffer against inevitable downtrends. In addition they have valuable access to insider knowledge and analysis, making failure virtually impossible for them. I’ve made over $1.5million passively working with John Desmond Heppolette, my advisor for over three years now.

[@Barbara0015]

Your financial advisor really seem to know this stuff. I found his online-page when I made a google search of his full names online, read through his resume, educational background and qualifications, it was really impressive. I left him a note and booked a call session with him..

[@williamsdavis.]

It’s unfortunate most people don’t have such information, I don’t really blame people who panic cos lack of information can be a big hurdle. I’ve been making more than $65k passively investing with John Desmond Heppolette, and I don’t have to do much work. It doesn’t matter if the market is crashing, I will always make good profit returns.

[@countryboycalvin]

This fight needs to happen nation wide.

[@Steve_Takes]

What fight?

[@yoshisaidit7250]

What fight?

[@ShalomShalom-d5c]

What fight?

[@jajanananigerian]

The next housing crisis with bankers getting rich

[@ryckXattack]

We need to start burning investment properties down.

[@jer1776]

Raising taxes on corporate landlords is not enough, they will just push the increased cost onto renters. It needs to be illegal for a corporation to own a single family home.

[@fuvjvjchxhc7063]

Organizations (banks included) are buying up these private homes, over paying and then raised rents on the struggling workers forcing them into homelessness.

[@BaronCreel]

Politicians know this and they get lobby money to do it on purpose

[@sachastayswi]

How so? A natural person can form an LLC and own a home

[@jer1776]

@aandagape Yeah that shouldnt be a thing. Only Americans with a SSN or long time legal residents should be able to own single family homes, and there should be a cap on how many. That prevents mega corps from forming endless LLCs to obscure ownership.

[@sachastayswi]

@@jer1776 im not a long time resident. A few months maybe. Own 3 properties and buying more. It is my right.

[@faraboverubieskerry]

This is already happening all over the US. A family friend put her house on the market in Florida and within 24-hours she received an email from a corporation that said for every $1,000 that an individual would offer her over the asking price they would offer her $10k. Right now people are outbidding each other to try and buy a home but in this case no one can compete with a corporation who can offer 10 times the amount. The middle class is already becoming extinct unfortunately

[@HappyHubris]

This is made up. No one would pay 1,000% - that's not profitable.

[@midragga]

I hate socialism and communism. But.. Eat the Rich

[@joeyriddle428]

Yep.......enjoy dystopia

[@scottdorsey8220]

We'd been sold down the river by our elected officials. They're better off for it!

[@thecirclesareround]

I hate this episode of black mirror

[@13lood13ath]

THIS IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY! WE NEED TO FIGHT THIS!!

[@mikek545]

Communism, also known as a command system, is an economic system where the government owns most of the factors of production and decides the allocation of resources and what products and services will be provided. The most important originators of communist doctrine were Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.

[@monkeyman321]

Time for Americans to grab several books and go Marxist.

[@kittoko9]

How we can even put the right people in power, republican and democrats all the same, they got there ,keep playing the rest of us.

[@brucemcneilage4948]

Who is selling? There’s hundreds of houses to these investment companies?

[@Don.M.]

A major crisis that mainstream CORPORATE media ignores. I wonder why..,

[@dragonf1092]

We need a law in America prohibiting companies,corporations,banks from buying and renting houses and property.

[@ronswanson5629]

If you do the research you will see that the federal gov is actually the one who allowed and approved it.

[@greevar]

No, we need ABOLISH the landlords. If you're renting, the landlord isn't providing you housing, they are making YOU buy it for them! Imagine if someone forced you pay to for their groceries every month? You have to buy their groceries, but they get to eat them? You'd be furious. However, that exact scenario is allowed when it comes to housing. You pay for it. They get to own it. You busted your ass to pay their mortgage, but it's their house? You can be damn sure they aren't holding down their own 9 to 5 to pay for it. You could spend enough on rent to buy two or three homes in your lifetime, but not own one yourself. How is that fucking justice? Rent is just legalized slavery. If I own everything you need to live, then you are my slave. It's that damn simple. That's capitalism. You don't have just one owner, you have thousands. They all own a piece of you. America was created by wealthy landowners for wealthy landowners.

[@brekinla]

So much for a right to property dragon. Please take a minute and read our constitution.

[@steveh6178]

You do realize banks and corporations already owns/fund everyone's personal mortgages, right?

[@washablejunk281]

Can we remove the government from telling us what to do with our homes

[@themcadamsminute8494]

When housing became something of greed instead of housing our fellow Americans, this tragic problem was created.

[@kendallevans4079]

Agree, would also add when people started to look at their homes as investments rather than a home things changed. The home equity loan, for example.....when did that become popular? I don't recall ever hearing that term growing up (I'm 65) until in the 80's. Back in the day people left the equity alone, just paid off the house. Now it seems people tap it quickly and often to buy stuff they are TOLD they need (the banks encourage it!).

[@themcadamsminute8494]

@@kendallevans4079 thank you for your response back. I am a school teacher and my wife works for the schools (certainly do not have jobs where we are rolling in cash), and we have made it a goal of ours to do everything we can to make sure that younger generations will not continue to be victimized by housing. While we might just be two people, we are hoping we can help in anyway we can.

[@kendallevans4079]

@@themcadamsminute8494 Good man! It's a different world than what our parents gave us. The younger generations will have it even harder. Not sure where we are headed?

[@themcadamsminute8494]

@@kendallevans4079 thank you so much for having this great convo! And “we” (not say you and I of course lol) have failed the younger generations because of these costs. As Americans, that has always been the one thing we prided ourselves on was being able to own a home and support our families. It’s been the backbone of this country no matter if one is rich, middle class, or poor, having a place to call your own was always a sense of pride. Renting diminishes that a dream. Renting use to be a way of establishing a form of savings to buy a home with it being an affordable way to live. But now renting just tantalizes people by just always having enough to get by, but nothing else…

[@71suns]

It started when the investment banks and hedgefund corporations paid no consequences for the economic collapse at the end of 2008. At the end of the Bush Jr/ administration. Instead of consequences they received a TAXPAYER PROVIDED GOVERNMENT BAILOUT under the guise that the 'world' would IMPLODE' entirely if those INSATIABLE GREED-DRIVEN entities had to pay the price of their contemptuous despicable SELF-SERVING SELF-ENRICHING crimes. The housing market collapsed. People lost their homes. Their savings. Too many...their dignity. Entire cities suffered. And on and on. That's why we're where we are today. There's NO ACCOUNTABILITY. NO CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE WHO PRIMARILY BENEFIT. NONE.

[@UserFormelyKnownAs_hjkh]

Never should have allowed corporations to own single family homes.

[@Bonanzaking]

Home ownership is an illusion. It really comes down to cutting out a middle man. People can call property taxes taxes all they want, it’s still a form of rent seeking behavior just from the state.

[@brainwashingdetergent4128]

You mean we should have never allowed a free capitalist society?

[@TurkishJoe-zm2eu]

Bank are corporations, they own houses but at least they sell them to people not rent them

[@evettabush3435]

Never should have decided that corporations are "people" either.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

so if you decided to move or job transfer you to another state and you cant find a buyer for your house you rather be forced to keep it and keep paying for it than sell to a company?

[@inwiththenew]

I don't even live in Ohio, but the reporter, Lisa, did a fantastic job at covering all angles, keeping reporting succinct, and taking it a step further by contacting sources for comment in advance and incorporating them into the story. Not the usual topical reporting I'm used to, more like a condensed 60 minutes report. I'm really impressed. Kudos Lisa!!

[@earnthis1]

60 minutes is trash now. This report was excellent by comparison.

[@brianb7059]

This is happening all over the united states and the world

[@loisaustin6200]

Living in this country gets more depressing by the day, no wonder so many people are angry and fed up. It is just one thing after another popping up seemingly purposely designed to keep hard working people down and feeling hopeless and there seems to be no end to it. Money is now God in this country and if you do not have bunches of it, then too bad because no one in high places cares one bit.

[@tokhote]

Yep. Corporations are going to be the death of this country, and I mean that literally. It can only take so much before it crashes. And our representatives in Congress don’t even want to raise the minimum wage from $7 per hour 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@gatolibero8329]

My family member said this exact thing yesterday. Corporations rule America. Citizens do not.

[@OK-pi6fq]

Too bad we’re letting culture wars separate our anger at the rich, and turn it on each other, but I do understand that that means you can’t hold anyone down, so as long as someone is being oppressed by another group there will be wars.

[@misscynthia32]

Oh you haven’t seen nothing yet. Read King James Version Bible the book of revelations.

[@Jakster840]

​@@OK-pi6fqding ding ding. You hit the nail on the head.

[@ickn2005]

This is excellent journalism! This is part of the real issues that normal people care about and thank you for doing a segment on the matter.

[@Vid_Master]

No wonder I barely hear about this issue, it only effects the average person! LOL

[@bkucenski]

Never sell your home to an investor.

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

Cue a new business, where actor couples front like they are buying for themselves, when in reality they are paid by a massive corp.

[@Shortman751]

Wrong! The solution is to tax the corporations at a higher rate.

[@bkucenski]

@@Cucumberflavoredmustard Yeah. Businesses are such geniuses. Except, investors do cash only deals and low ball home owners. No amount of acting is going to hide that. I sold my house to a young woman at her wit's end trying to find something affordable. That is who you should sell to. She now has a pile of equity because that was in 2019. And the house I bought has a pile of equity. Everyone won.

[@honestlynate7922]

If I'm going to sell my home, I'm going to sell it to an investor. 2 reasons 1. They have money to buy 2. They're going to give me more than a single family will, 20-40% more.

[@PeugeotRocket]

If I want to sell, I don't care who buys it.

[@chasechapman9302]

Its so weird seeing actually good reporting. Incredible job!

[@maryjane3055]

My neighborhood is ruined because of out of town investors. Renters are in and out. There is no longer a sense of community. My home was violated. Something must be done immediately!

[@bobroberts2371]

So how about getting together with others in your neighborhood and buy up properties so you can control who lives there?

[@broseywales5538]

​@@bobroberts2371Who wants to invest in real estate with their neighbors?

[@tokhote]

@@bobroberts2371 Not everyone is rich, genius

[@bobroberts2371]

@@tokhote Greedy rich are people that have more $ than you. Guess what people that have less $ than you think?

[@bobroberts2371]

@@broseywales5538 People that are complaining that " big " corporations are buying up all the property perhaps? This way they can control the neighborhood.

[@sugarcookie69]

Laws need to be passed to stop corporations from buying single family homes

[@mrmagoo9901]

Too late...Blackrock has already been buying whole neighborhoods in several states.

[@sashamoore9691]

Oh But if this were a CALIFORNIA based company we wouldn’t hear the end of it! But since it’s stupid ass Texas based, we only hear crickets! Such hypocrites in the comment section

[@chicagoan81]

This will never happen. This is a permanent new order agenda to enslave and impoverish the 99%. Until we stop being sheep and revolt against the leadership, this will continue

[@bsmiddy236]

it never ceases to amaze me the stupidity and lack of education in the comment section

[@java4653]

You voted Republican....and now you want big government to help you? LOL.

[@jackjohnson9449]

“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.” ― Thomas Jefferson

[@svenjorgensenn8418]

That's why they call Andrew Jackson a racist, he was the one who fought the banks and won. Civil War was shortly after. No coincidence right?

[@brainwashingdetergent4322]

But our overlords don’t want us to know this. We’re only to know him as a slave owner.

[@xozeluiz6301]

the shit system is rigged/hijacked , they dont want any changes because its in their favor to keep it this way. Like the indian chief said, a nation born by deciet will die by deciet.

[@hopentethking1966]

@@brainwashingdetergent4322 Do not blame the overlords for Americans ignorance when so many are willfully ignorant and proud of it. A simple book and the balls to actually read it and come to an understanding of it is not the politicians fault it is the parents and the communities who are hell bent on nationalism and not humanism. People have to be held accountable for their own self induced stupidity. Thomas Jefferson is not the first or last person to warn of the dangers of a central bank. You understand the implications and I understand and so do many more Americans......so if you do not understand ....its because you want to be willfully ignorant.

[@ronswansonsdog2833]

@@brainwashingdetergent4322💀

[@Alexander082388]

This is what true local reporting is. GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please keep up the phenomenal work. I breezed through the 14 minutes.

[@lextacy2008]

Kudos for making this not about NYC or California. And for closing some loose ends like false induced demand that these investors trick the market into.

[@71suns]

The 'market' (stocks) are owned by a very small percentage of those WHO PRIMARILY BENEFIT.

[@vincenttiene]

In addition, any problems with California/NewYork, they always say "You get what you voted for." If a city wants to solve this problem, they just need to levy heavy property taxes on non-owner occupied residence to the point where there is little to no profit.

[@Maliceless100]

Agreed. Ironically, venture capitalists profiting from this predatory behavior probably live in NY or CA.

[@cfierce]

As someone from NYC, please know they test garbage buisness plans on regular people in cities before they spread it to the rest of the country. They got us distracted by culture wars while they pick the pockets of the middle class. Consolidation of power and resources without giving back helps no one. We gotta fight corporate takeovers in housing, media, food, transportation, everywhere.

[@kespo5358]

​@@Maliceless100 You mean SF, LA or NYC. The majority of NY and CA are working-class people and laborers. Most of CA is rural and living pay check to pay check.

[@theendlessdaydream6442]

A free market isn't free anymore when 99% of the population can't compete with corporations. This is ridiculous. We should not allow foreign investors to buy up local hosing markets. A *massive* tax should be placed on these guys that goes up even further for every house they add to their portfolio. That money could get funneled into more housing projects so that supply can increase and withheld from their grubby hands. Last time I checked, there weren't groundbreaking updates the the things that make up a home. Why do people have to spend the majority of their diminishing paychecks on renting shit homes that were stolen from the average citizen because they could outbid them?

[@svenjorgensenn8418]

Reduce new home building and increase rent

[@gamerguy6990]

Foreign entity’s shouldn’t own any land in America

[@jacobcarter5923]

None of that is going on.

[@ryaj2356]

Doesnt fix the problem. They just make more LLCs. Republicans won’t go for this. Republicans will kill any laws made to stop corporate creed.

[@yogawithjengentleyoga3614]

Yet, corporations are people according to our Supreme Court!

[@honeybee1152]

This is happening everywhere in the US. At least someone is trying to do something about it in OH. It is really sad what the housing market has become everywhere. Rent is out of control.

[@zangetsudx1]

It's not the Governments job to meddle in businesses thats the free markets job.

[@advocatingforautism8625]

@@zangetsudx1yes it is! Corporations need to be regulated!

[@PeugeotRocket]

​@@advocatingforautism8625No. My wife and I want to start buying rental properties in the future as a business. We should be encouraged to engage in the free market, not punished.

[@PeugeotRocket]

​@@zangetsudx1Agreed.

[@zangetsudx1]

@@advocatingforautism8625 No its not. You clearly know nothing about the Government, US Constitution, and our founding fathers. I advise you to go educate yourself because all you're doing is making yourself look stupid.

[@charliej766]

I noticed this trend about 25 years ago in the college town I live in. I had an apt near FSU’s football stadium and the single family homes in my neighborhood that were once occupied by families were being purchased by companies and rented to college students paying $500 a room. Hundreds of homes are now rented by the room which keeps families away. Within 20 years the local elementary and middle school in that neighborhood shut down due to low enrollment. Half of the teachers and other school staff lost their jobs bc there were not enough positions open at other schools.

[@okaygworl]

Wooow, I never knew that was going down in that city. I live in sowega & visit that city often & never knew that was going down. I’ve always wanted to move to that area because i like that city because it’s big enough to always have something for me to do & the traffic isn’t as bad as big cities like Miami or Atl. This puts things into perspective!

[@Hoodlum728]

Damn should have bought into it you know? I wish I was granted an opportunity like that.

[@earnthis1]

Yes, sadly politicians and the media are waaaay behind the corporate, money grubbing, greed monsters destroying our towns and society. Nope, just blame poor people and homeless people, right??? Don't look up!!! This has been happening since the 2000's.

[@ja1505]

So this level of greed and property monopolies negatively impacts the entire community

[@Slayer-33]

This is f'ing unbelievable. Can't even consider buying a damn property anymore. This is insane.

[@Reelunique]

Does not matter where you live we must stand together and fight BUILD TO RENT!!! These investors need to stay out unless they are building affordable homes people can actually purchase not rent.

[@newagain9964]

Nope. No. Not all. Unless you’re interested in doing away with ALL residential landlords/investors.

[@Iquey]

No single entity should be able to own more than 5 single family homes, not without significant additional taxes for empty units.

[@SkySong6161]

@@Iquey Not taxes. Period. Nobody should own more than two, fullstop. We have the taxes thing in FL. All it accomplished was having the highest rent increases in the US as the landlords just pass the cost on.

[@Scott-by9ks]

What about the retirees that are counting on their investments in AMH to fund their retirement?

[@thepain321]

Adding a tax to businesses that own more than 50 properties will Not work. They’d keep 49 and create a second business.

[@Llama_vet]

No number if you consider the hypothetical you raised. Just multiple llcs.

[@sashamoore9691]

Oh But if this were a CALIFORNIA based company we wouldn’t hear the end of it! But since it’s stupid ass Texas based, we only hear crickets! Such hypocrites in the comment section

[@rein3684]

We just need to restrict single family homes for exactly as it’s named - single families.

[@bobsacamano7653]

Yes it will, because people won't make enough money to rent them

[@thedude5040]

I'm an investor. I invest in large apartment complexes because that's where I believe investor money is better spent and better for the community to build housing density because it's too expensive for a single individual to do so. However I agree on limits to LLCs. I'm thinking a cap on number of LLCs per SSN and a cap on single family homes per LLC. Multifamily homes housing with more than 2 units are excluded from the caps

[@anthonymiller8979]

I own a home on a street of 55 townhouses. Over 50% of them are rentals now (not owner occupied) and half of those are owned by landlords (investors) in other states, LLCs or large investment corporations. Nearly impossible for a young family to buy one as the investors rush in with all cash offers, fast close and many cases no inspections.....every bonus a seller wants when selling to they take the easy route and sell to the investor.

[@GingerPeacenik]

I grew up in Columbus in the 1970s. Back then, only a small percentage of homes in any district could belong to people who didn’t live in it. Politicians talked about the importance of families all owning their own home. It makes a HUGE difference in a community. But now the WEF wants you to own nothing so THEY with be fat, rich and “happy”. They’re monsters. IT’S TIME TO PUSH BACK!

[@kendallevans4079]

Agree, huge difference! Rarely will a renter take care of the property as a owner would. We have a few renters in my neighborhood and you can tell....small details like flowers etc...

[@sakuragyoza]

​@@kendallevans4079I wish I could take care of the house I rent as if it were mine, but rent is so high that we can barely afford food after bills are paid. :(

[@Steve_Takes]

Be careful what you wish for.

[@kevinbabicz]

Well if you don’t like rent then you don’t like the US government. People that own land in the US and many countries pay yearly property taxes, don’t pay and get your property taken away. We already don’t own anything. If you want change get rid of government.

[@alangrob]

In the 70's the banks would rarely loan for non-owner occupied properties. Mom & Pop landlords had 1 or 2 rentals & they were hedges against inflation. The govt took away that 'hedge' during the C-vid. Rent was optional. Some LL, especially in the blue states, LOST their property due to the no rent mandate. 😞

[@theantak1]

Absolutely disgusting business model. Great job by this reporter.

[@darkriku12]

​@bbabbich3467thing is, we need to resist company bailouts for when the consumers can obviously no longer afford them. The corporations made their choices, let them suffer the consequences. Free market, right?

[@sashamoore9691]

Oh But if this were a CALIFORNIA based company we wouldn’t hear the end of it! But since it’s stupid ass Texas based, we only hear crickets! Such hypocrites in the comment section

[@lindamatus4429]

Don’t look now, but “the middle class” has already been gutted. And yes, it’s intentional.

[@TM-173]

it is, we need a revolution

[@LadyUpstart]

Wrong. Actually look at the stats,the middle class is moving up into upper class. Your comment proves that you don't actually do any research or reading. You just listen to talking points.

[@71suns]

I think you're correct.

[@71suns]

​@@TM-173We need to begin to take personal responsibility for our own lives. Learn to discern between actual NEEDS and WANTS. Get out of personal debt. Stop using credit cards for 'wants'. Take your life back from those who are PRIMARILY FINANCIALLY BENEFITING. It takes determination and discipline. Think outside the superimposed box.

[@71suns]

​@@LadyUpstartNonsense.

[@kanenomoja]

If you have an HOA, look into restricting/prohibiting home rentals with your CC&Rs. This must stop!!

[@cb5516]

Yep. You'd better do it before they have enough homes to control the vote

[@ShayKMBR]

As much as I hate HOA's this isn't a bad idea - but that also still puts poor people in a bad position if all these neighborhoods can't have rentals at all so... 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@theundone777]

We need to limit corporate ownership of single-family homes. It has gotten to the point where corporations can artificially influence the market, in order to keep rent and home prices High.

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

We need to limit the number of rentals, period....

[@axmajpayne]

Not limit, ban.

[@mariusfacktor3597]

@@user-qr7ee2cp4y Renters tend to be poorer than buyers. Banning rentals is a regressive policy that shrinks the rental supply at the expense of renters. We need to abandon this 1950s era suburban experiment model of home building. The needlessly restrictive zoning rules are restraining the housing supply and causing a shortage.

[@Nahbruhsheesh]

Let’s limit the ownership of everything you personally own too 😂

[@jcup9313]

@@theundone777 yes, indeed. The problem.

[@MarkMayhew]

Rooms for rent in FL are hard to find for less than $800/month Absolute insanity.

[@deemen7132]

You mean a room in a house?

[@MarkMayhew]

@@deemen7132 yes

[@Notme-tq4xs]

Move somewhere cheaper. duh.

[@a552bcx]

$800 is for a sofa. try $1200 for a room

[@efrainflores3902]

@@Notme-tq4xs Right... because it is that easy to leave your job and move all of your stuff to another place ... sigh

[@avacadomangobanana2588]

Houses are meant to be owned. Citizens are not born to be forced to pay corporates for 80 years and then die

[@bobsacamano7653]

"You will own nothing and be happy"

[@nikopoulos5241]

Oy vey how antisemitic

[@Koushi82]

Not if corporations are people have something to say.

[@jpjp3873]

Only if you can afford it.

[@dcorrell]

What's crazy is that this has been going on for ages. Many BTR communities have been popping up across the US since the early 2000s. Like many in the comments have said this certainly isn't unique to Ohio. Over the last 20 years many have been built everywhere across the Southwest/Southeastern USA primarily in suburban submarkets in areas like Georgia, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Texas, Arizona etc. Its one thing to have mom and pop landlords who own a portfolio of rentals, but when you have foreign wealth funds and institutional players commoditizing the main wealth vehicle for the middle class, buying 1000s of properties at a time, there should be legislation in place. Lets not forget these same greedy scammers caused all the bs we saw with the MBS/secondary markets that led to the 08 collapse. How did we even get to this place? Why is it that now we are starting to see lawmakers making efforts, when they should have ages ago...The American taxpayer has long been the scapegoat of the people at the helm of ship, footing the bill for all the institutional f ups since the dawn of ages. There are many sides that are complicit to the situation not just the builders, everyone has their hands in the pot. Many of these companies building these BTRs aren't even holding the communities, they are simply building them and pushing them off to institutional investors for long-term holdings and building more, rinse/repeat. All while those at the top play monopoly with the American people.

[@earnthis1]

Politicians and media are always behind on stopping scams. Republicans support the scams and help the corporate money grubbers scam their constituents. And they still win elections....Wow

[@finddeniro]

Amen. .However the mold of REIT s..Real Estate Investment Trusts is Set & Locked in..

[@edgarjsantiago8101]

After the 2008 crash, the government went to institutional investors to sell off foreclosed properties in bulk to help the economy. At the time they were even getting stimulus funds so it was free money. Loose money policy since kept fueling them.

[@b_lee2003]

This falls exactly in line with the WEF’s “You will own nothing, and you will be happy” push.

[@squaregangster]

Across the country! Give ownership back to WE the people

[@sashamoore9691]

Oh But if this were a CALIFORNIA based company we wouldn’t hear the end of it! But since it’s stupid ass Texas based, we only hear crickets! Such hypocrites in the comment section

[@mannyechaluce3814]

Kim Jung Un approves of your message, Comrade

[@norml.hugh-mann]

Reported Spam

[@zangetsudx1]

Then start with Government by removing them from everything in life.

[@JohnSmith-tn1te]

Go buy it

[@noroom4commies086]

First off, no person NOT an American citizen should be able to buy property in the U.S. second off, corperations should NOT be able to buy residential units. It wont solve everything but it will easily fix alot.

[@mahalia_kendrick]

Some economists have projected that both the U.S. and parts of Europe could slip into a recession for a portion of 2023. A global recession, defined as a contraction in annual global per capita income, is more rare because China and emerging markets often grow faster than more developed economies. Essentially the world economy is considered to be in recession if economic growth falls behind population growth..

[@Jessrobbie]

I pay monthly in this order.. tithes, myself, and then bills. I have my investments, savings and emergency savings automated so I don’t have to worry about those. I am then able to have my wants and I always have money left over because I am debt free! Praise God!🎉❤

[@mianortum]

Forex/stock is the best investment anyone could get into. As it could make you rich in a blink of an eye. it's not recommendable to go into trading or investment when you don't know how it's done, Investing with a good guide is the best way to get started in the trade market. would free you from modern financial slavery....

[@agnescarter]

​@@mianortum😮really?? I've always wanted to invest in stocks but was always discouraged. I wanna start now, Would it be okay if I asked you to recommend a specific advisor or company that you used their services? Seems you've figured it all out.

[@mianortum]

​@@agnescarteryes I usually go with registered representatives. ''BRITTNEY ROSE COHEN" for example has the best performance history (in my opinion) and does offers 1v1 consultation to her copiers which I think is amazing. I don’t know how many traders like that are there.>

[@mianortum]

You know whatspp right? 👇 Take note of this digits .... To be one of her good student.

[@juanc711]

It's about time they do something about this, I'm in Ohio and have been trying to buy a home for 7 years and everytime you see one for sale it's gone before you call and it's sickening!

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

Wow

[@ffejkk37]

I really feel for you. How did you react when market exploded in 2020? All that time you spent saving and preparing for a home buy, just to have the price double.

[@ForeverYoung-fc3eo]

Buy land and build

[@tomfromoz]

@@ForeverYoung-fc3eo Maybe out in some wilderness, but not in *any* suburbs *anywhere* . That advice was _maybe_ good in the mid 1900's, not now and perhaps never again. Tom's wife Pam

[@c4llahan]

@stephanieellison7834That’s easy to say online, but I don’t see you doing anything.

[@whyforcemetohaveachannel3228]

Every person who elects to sell to their house to a cash corporate buyer rather than an individual with a mortgage is personally responsible for this crisis. It is being fueled by greed and fear.

[@avacadomangobanana2588]

No it’s not the sellers fault. It’s the governments for not regulating this bozo

[@whyforcemetohaveachannel3228]

@@avacadomangobanana2588 There’s plenty of blame to go around. Sellers, in most cases, have a choice. Just like going to a cashier vs. a self-checkout we all have parts to play in making sure the system favors people over profit.

[@r.d.9399]

It's going to take people destroying the corporate own homes for things to change.

[@sashamoore9691]

But if this were a CALIFORNIA based company we wouldn’t hear the end of it! But since it’s stupid ass Texas based, we only hear crickets! Such hypocrites in the comment section

[@rein3684]

I was forced to sell after being laid off by my POS boss.

[@imdurmac1]

all levels of gov are to blame. greed as gotten out of control and we need to unite to stop them.

[@n3wt]

they voted for this

[@SMD965OFFICIAL]

​@@n3wtvotes don't do a difference, it's just to trick the people to make them think they have control

[@tias.6675]

This comment is a relief. I agree !

[@randallmccrea8245]

The worst part about it is no one is going to do anything as long as pockets are being lined with the cash

[@jamesdorsey5503]

This is disgusting. Corporations and the government are destroying the middle class if it even still exists anymore. I have a trade job that pays decent but can’t afford a house. I’m actually leaving the states soon with the wife and our money gets us way more over seas.

[@ajusa2024]

The government IS a corporation

[@jynxbot352]

Hell my partner and I work in tech and we still can't afford a home here in washington

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

​@@jynxbot352that place is overpriced. Get outta there.

[@ajusa2024]

@@happyinparadise7812 why stay away from gringo enclaves?

[@342boss]

Spoiled American views. Good luck wherever you want to live. Someone said India?? There's a reason American companies outsource to India. We pay them peanuts. The standard of living is trash compared to the states. Want to fight this? Invest in these companies. Get 20% returns and go buy whatever you want.

[@jgrant5255]

Land is considered sacred in most cultures and in most ages. Those who control the land have the ability to control those who live on it to some degree.

[@ChipChapChop]

🐈‍⬛👀 "For the ownership of the land on which and from which a man must live is virtually the ownership of the man himself, and in acknowledging the right of some individuals to the exclusive use and enjoyment of the earth, we condemn other individuals to slavery as fully and as completely as though we had formally made them chattels." - Henry George

[@halyoung388]

@@ChipChapChopexcellent quote. The country is becoming a feudal state and we are the fiefs. God help us if Trump regains the Whitehouse because he’s fascist if ever there was one.

[@rouxsinatra5393]

I was born and raised in Cincinnati. I’m 27 and still live here. My city has grown so much in the past 7-10 years and I love that for us but The housing here is so crippling. Landlords are charging $1000+ for the same units that were $700 3 years ago with no upgrades or added amenities…and they could care less about the state of the economy. I come from a middle class family and we’re all feeling the repercussions of this.

[@aytviewer2421]

It's already like this in Jacksonville, FL now. There are quite a few zip codes where more than half of the low-value homes are owned by corporations and turned into rental properties. This is a sad situation. Fifty homes is too high of a number; it should be something more akin to 5-7 homes. These properties are not taken care of by renters and even worse the corporations do not invest any money into the properties and they continue to decay year after year while the rent keeps rising year after year.

[@Maliceless100]

Venture capitalists are buying up industries everywhere; they cut costs and raise prices and kill competition. We gotta vote for the people who'd write laws to protect us.

[@svenjorgensenn8418]

They only spend when they are forced to. However if your house was funded by HUD, the federal government will sue your landlord on your behalf

[@recondinent2]

Yeah, when I heard the number "fifty" in the proposed bill, my jaw dropped. 4 or 5 is already more than enough for a single county. wtf.

[@SkySong6161]

Tampa has this problem too. Nearly 40% of residential housing (single detached, condos, what few townhouses Tampa has, even the bloody mobile homes) are corpo owned now.

[@stephenlarson6286]

I was looking for a comment that said exactly this, 50 homes is too much the legislation won't do anything even lowering it to 25 would help but it still wouldn't make a dent...

[@GungaLaGunga]

First Key Homes tried to raise my rent from $1700 to $2200. I didn't renew the lease. DO NOT RENT FROM THEM!

[@svenjorgensenn8418]

I'm glad I didn't. I showed up for the house walk through and the agent never called. Lol thank Jesus

[@eh3477]

They need to slow down the purchase of these homes. There used to be a law provision (think it was under Dodd Frank). Which prevented cash investors for the first 2 weeks after home is on market, allowing single family purchases. This provision was removed arund 2019, assisting the huge rise in predatory investing.

[@Aikynbreusov]

Yeah, thanks to your Republican politicians, Dodd Frank and Glastegal was slashec...

[@bsmiddy236]

it was removed because it didn't work and it isn't fair anyways

[@SixteenVoice]

​@bsmiddy236 and this mess is fair? Ha!

[@bsmiddy236]

@@SixteenVoice what mess? and yes if I was selling my house and knew that cash buyers were locked out for two weeks I am just going to wait two weeks for the time limit to expire.....as well as who has the right to tell me who I can and can't sell too....and how does it make any sense in a free market to tell me I am being penalized because I have cash. It is typical liberal lunacy

[@duancoviero9759]

​@@bsmiddy236nobody gives a Fuk about the free market anymore....except "you people".

[@HobbsHeartHome]

This needs to go into effect! We're literally getting poorer and further from homeownership yet corporations are allowed to make such a damaging impact on those who reside in the cities and communities theyre buying up hones in.

[@bblwarrantydepartment981]

Everyone needs a home. Nobody needs a landlord

[@dezznutz3743]

You clearly dont know a lot of people who like to rent, and have no interest in home owenership. Let me guess, youre a child.

[@gdiup9241]

We need to make foreign buyers from buying up US land as well. Corporate landlords will hold you by the nuts.

[@milehighgambler]

Too little too late pal. You guys let the the Saudis run amok since the 80s. 😂😂😂😂.

[@lot5953]

​​@@milehighgamblerI think they are already rich country so making money to buy land is probably not their agenda. They probably buy because their country doesn't have the natural resources because they live in a desert land

[@milehighgambler]

@@lot5953 same difference. That’s still land not readily available to Americans, but I won’t cry too much considering yeehaws in this country gladly let corporations buy up housing to rent out and siphon money out of lower class Americans. The USA is nothing short of a circus, but it’s because capitalist yeehaws have let profits always take place before the very people they claim to care about.

[@newagain9964]

Why stop there? Let’s get rid of all landlords. They’re leeches. 🤷‍♂️

[@KB-ke3fi]

It's mainly Chinese companies who are LLC's' out of Delaware....buut there's not much open info on it, just like the LLC that bought all that land next to the military base in California.

[@ginaslifetoo]

When it cost more than 1000 a month to live in the worst areas of town, there is a huge problem. AMH needs to be destroyed. When shareholders matter more then people living there is a problem

[@topazzsky]

How about limiting companies and corporations from how many they can buy and own, making sure that people/citizens have the fair opportunity to buy a home!!!!

[@jeffcrane1136]

Thank you for reporting on this. There needs to be more exposure to this problem.

[@AConcernedCitizen420]

If “affordable housing” isn’t possible, then who’s going to rent the unaffordable homes? They’re not telling us something. 🧐

[@SkySong6161]

Part of it has to do with bank loans. These companies "cash" purchases aren't actually the companies' money: it's money they got on loan from a bank or from investors (who got their money as a loan). Because these loans are justified based on asset valuation, it's in the companies interest to keep housing off the market even if no one can afford to rent them, because glutting the housing market with properties devalues their assets and reduces their ability to get loans or demand rent from the properties they are renting. These companies very rarely ever buy things with their own money: it's all about how much in loans they can get from the banks, either to purchase assets or to pay off other loans they took out. The rent (if the house is rented) goes straight to shareholders. "But wait, how are these companies paying off the loans!" Well, that's where the investors come in. =p It's called a pyramid scheme. The good news is these inevitably collapse, but not before they do a lot of damage first.

[@AConcernedCitizen420]

@@SkySong6161 Yeah. That’s exactly what’s happening in China. But there’s s still something they’re not telling us. Let me know if you hear anything that the LLC’s and bankers only talk about in their click circle.

[@redraven_y2k]

​@@AConcernedCitizen420Don't you see the investors are in China. Look at what has happened in San Francisco housing market the biggest owners are Chinese, going up on the rent of Americans and evicting them because they want tech workers to move in. Well, most tech workers are from India. My son has a computer science degree but most tech companies won't hire him because the Indians overseas are cheaper. He is in $100k of debt just to take a job as tech support for at&t wireless making $15 an hr.

[@alquinn8576]

"affordable housing" is a con; of course a company would prefer to have high occupancy and a continuous cash stream to a house sitting empty that would incur only costs. to a good approximation, all of the housing and rent costs you see are "affordable" but that doesn't mean that anyone can afford any property.

[@proteus2892]

This has been happening in Arizona. We have a lot of investors from California and Florida buying up properties in Arizona during the pandemic. They drove up the rent prices to what’s normal in their home state and made it unaffordable. Of course, the real estate lobbyists were all for it because of the amount in commissions agents and brokers were making. A lot of people were evicted. It wasn't because of the pandemic. They couldn't legally drive up the rent by hundreds of dollars. Unfortunately, people on a month to month lease were hit first. Those on a year to year lease weren't given the option to renew. It was the first time I saw evictions for $0.00 for lease holdovers. The elderly were really hit.

[@tias.6675]

AZ rent begin going up after the minimum wage raise. The average apartment was 400-650 prior, by 2019 an extra 2-3 hundred was tacked on.

[@pressxtojason]

​@@tias.6675I think this is a correlation doesn't equate causation scenario. Minimum wages have gone up all over the place since it was first enacted in the 1930s but rents have never been this predatory. The biggest culprit in housing instability today are investment companies stepping in to buy up homes and apartments then jacking up the rents. Big institutional investment companies that do this are supplying housing like ticket scalpers supply concert tickets.

[@nayjavu]

There are different kind of investors. Not all are corporations which is what this is about. Some individuals do this as a business, so u less you know those homes being flipped in AZ are corporations...your observation may be unrelatable.

[@proteus2892]

@nayjavu Perhaps you're an investor doing this? The video is about corporations doing this. I've dealt with people who have been victims of this practice. Have you dealt with people who have been victimized by these predatory practices? Please share and enlighten the rest of us since you're an expert.

[@christinamonica3]

​@@tias.6675that didn't do it. They even said demand and market just go ask any apartment.

[@Coolmike19]

It's a sad shame that the American Dream of owning a home is slipping away very quickly

[@peterbedford2610]

Once corporate America decided that owning and renting out SFRs was a good investment, they began steadily buying more and more houses.

[@sashamoore9691]

Oh But if this were a CALIFORNIA based company we wouldn’t hear the end of it! But since it’s stupid ass Texas based, we only hear crickets! Such hypocrites in the comment section

[@bobsacamano7653]

This happened back in 2008, just wait this crash will make it look like nothing

[@peterbedford2610]

I saw a similar. "Houses built just for rent" in the Bakersfield area about 1.5 years ago. It looked like about a 30 to 50 house tract.

[@pinchebruha405]

Follow the money…. God Ble$$ America and the Almighty Profit$…

[@zangetsudx1]

I would too if I had the money to buy multiple homes.

[@pierrethegod22]

Yes this is happening everywhere and people better wake up before it’s too late.

[@carlostosado8965]

To late !!!!!

[@delfordtooleylinda1178]

It is already too late,

[@pierrethegod22]

@@delfordtooleylinda1178 it isn’t. We can follow many examples of legislation being passed to combat this. Look at Georgia and how they are cracking down on foreign and corporate landlords. Also here in NC they are changing zoning laws to allow for more residential development and less commercial. It’s going to take people to shift their eyes away from the distractions and really wake up to what is happening in their communities. As it stands today, roughly between 22-24% of homes are owned by corporations. 93% of those homes were in predominantly black neighborhoods. Let that sink in. It makes sense to go after the most vulnerable demographic. Less resistance and less support from other communities. So while they set their sights on ALL communities now, we will continue to see this trend until it hits folks hard. The Democrats have already proposed some laws in congress but it gets shut down bc Americans care more about Trump, Hunter Bidens drug addiction, and silly things like trans and LGBTQ people. Not to mention the lobbying of these very corporations buying republicans like they are fresh off the shelf. This is what being “WOKE” means.

[@davispatricks5453]

Lack of compassion is not a bug in corporate capitalism. It is a feature.

[@lynnmillard1666]

My LOT LEASE for my Mfg home in Davie FL is $1,251.55 monthly‼️ When I moved in in 2019, it was under $800. This 1978 home was a dump when I moved in, and it actually made me sick to clean it out and make it acceptable to live in. I wrote a letter to my congresswoman in 2020 imploring her to spend some effort fighting for her constituents to keep housing affordable. She’s responded with a letter that basically brushed me off. Pretty upsetting.

[@addanametocontinue]

Having a place to live is not a luxury, it's a necessity, the same way staple foods like milk, rice, grains are. Corporate investors snatching up homes is like a company going around buying up all the milk at your grocery store and then reselling it at at higher price. These needs to be laws in place to mitigate the impact this has on people. Regarding the proposal to increase fees on companies that own more than 50 homes in a single county. I think it's a good start. We need to find a way to tax non-owner-occupied properties more, but in a such a way that they won't be able to easily pass it on to the renter or, better yet, dissuades them from buying the homes, at all. Also don't get the whole "but it's messing with the free market" gripes. The government has been messing with the free market for as long as this country has been around. Tariffs, tax breaks, subsidies. I don't see Republicans complaining about these handouts. Typical Republicans: if a handout if given a poor person, it's a handout, if it's given to a rich person or corporation, they earned it.

[@SecureInMyHead]

It’s a right!

[@user-wd3po8sd7k]

It’s such a double standard

[@GGOL]

This is a bipartisan issue. Just as many democrats as Republicans are in corporate pockets

[@emilee0221]

A rental housing community is being built in Ft. Wayne, Indiana also. It’s not affordable. Something needs to be done. Houses should be for residents of this country, not investors! My husband and I wonder if we will ever be able to afford to move out of our 875sq Ft. starter home. We are hard working millennials…I’m a teacher and he is in manufacturing. It’s like crippling debt and evictions are the American dream now. We have no choice 😔

[@emilee0221]

@bbabbich3467 yes we actually think that’s what we will do if prices don’t come back into our range. My husband literally does everything…electrical,plumbing, landscaping and gardening. He just needs to find a way to afford to quit his job so stuff gets done at home 😂

[@sashamoore9691]

Oh But if this were a CALIFORNIA based company we wouldn’t hear the end of it! But since it’s stupid ass Texas based, we only hear crickets! Such hypocrites in the comment section

[@dezznutz3743]

I live in Indianapolis and they are popping up all over the city and the burbs.

[@Crhukay]

Dont move, we cannot trust the market

[@71suns]

​@@emilee0221Good for you guys. Think outside the superimposed box. Stay out of debt.

[@mmm86745]

"Well the free market.. doesn't.. it's not really the free market when you give tax breaks" I want this plastered all across America. SO many corporations benefit from ridiculous tax breaks, or tax loops, and then cry about poor people getting too many "free handouts"

[@Jaelynne17]

This has happened all over Tampa and we are being priced out. Families can’t buy homes and rent prices have tripled in some areas. It’s asinine and predatory at the least. It needs to be made illegal.

[@radicola8251]

Im 23, live in Ohio, I recognize those addresses. And all the home families should be owning and they simply don’t. Rent is impossible, theres nowhere to go. There’s more homeless on the street than ever. More people living out of their cars than ever. This makes me so angry I cry. Many of us plan on leaving Ohio to find a place to live. It’s hell. We just want a normal life we were promised growing up. Why are we letting landlords do this to us.

[@zuzanazuscinova5209]

A normal life you were promised? I'm afraid there's no such thing.

[@mr_imperfectiongamingchann1962]

Hey Gen Z here is a tip. Buy a FHA Home. Problem Solved.

[@TheStreetAngel]

It’s happening all across the USA & Canada too. There’s too much GREED in real estate. And unfortunately there’s no limit to greed. And corporations are legally considered “people” and are HEARTLESS. It’s all about business, and only care about investors, not the people living in the homes.

[@irinab7524]

@@OmarRodriguez-vl2tqI’m a real estate agent in Ohio, I work with investors. They don’t buy houses for the prices of residential buyers….they buy distressed properties, fix them up and rent….these properties otherwise wouldn’t be even listed. All that crying from youngsters because they don’t want to save money, they want everything ready for them - as promised! Life will teach them a lesson. Ohio is still most affordable state to live and buy a house - if you’re responsible, smart with money and you don’t even have to make that much. I have two families of tenants which rent my houses. One has income $130K combined - they could buy a house they live in and actually even twice more expensive….BUT!!! Their credit scores are 420 and 530….you can’t fix that. Another family is working on their credit, in late 30’s and also high income. But credit score is still low - they won’t get a mortgage. Who to blame for low score?!? Corporations?!? Government?!? Get the life and work hard, saving money and paying your credit cards

[@deva190]

@@irinab7524 The younger generations is so used to an instant society...press a button and presto. They don't have the discipline to save money by buying used cars, making coffee at home, investing in 401K, taking no or very cheap vacations( actually so many take multiple vacations a year), etc. I have a friend whose son is married, they have 4 children under the age of 7, yet they order out EVERY meal for delivery and take multiple vacations a year. Yes, they are renting. Oh, and they recently bought 2 $50,000plus electric vehicles.

[@quitae7328]

I truly think they want us to be divided about everything so we can’t be united and fight the fights that truly matter like this one. This is all about greed and AMH is buying so much in NC that it’s ridiculous.

[@StopWhining491]

I don't live in Ohio, but I get 2-3 calls/texts a day from companies that want to buy my house, and it's not even on the market. They get blocked.

[@DottonTuffin]

This needs to be talked about more.

[@MrLigersPride]

All of these development companies and Real Estate companies realized that having forever rental properties is guaranteed monthly income on their balance sheets. "You will own nothing and be happy"

[@bobsacamano7653]

People need to learn from the 1930's. Tent cities..

[@Koushi82]

San fran learning it's van life highway cities while working with 65k income

[@71suns]

DEBT INCOME. 'Passive' income. Regardless of how many lives, families, communities, and/or neighborhoods are affected. INSATIABLE GREED.

[@71suns]

​@@Koushi82Do you live in the CITY? Apparently not. Because nobody that does ever refers to it as 'San Fran'.

[@Koushi82]

@@71suns ok sf ghetto

[@kingsuperbus]

thank you for reporting on this important issue

[@CC-yq3jh]

Bottom Line: Local Politicians are working with the Investors.

[@1thetvzone]

Facts

[@bsmiddy236]

people making money and losers whining about it

[@1thetvzone]

@@bsmiddy236 at someone expense, but yet you don’t have any empathy for the common person… let’s hope you’re not in that position of losing something.

[@freeindeed8416]

@@bsmiddy236Lot of big talk. Remember this. Sometimes your the hammer but sometimes you’re the nail.

[@bsmiddy236]

@@1thetvzone it is always at someones expense

[@OptionalZero]

THIS has happened where I live over the last number of years. It has driven the Rents SKYHIGH and most homes cost over 1mill now. Even 1 SIDE of a duplex will set you back a mill. IN a city that less than ten years ago you could get a home for less than a few hundred thousand and mortgages less than a thousand a month. Now you RENT at 2k+ a months for a tiny studio. Almost EVERTHING is being bought up by property investment firms from out of state. Skyrocketing cost and no investment in actual community. Oh and by the way, Yes: our homeless crisis has gone out of control too.

[@cosmiccatzen]

Excellent reporting. This is one of the biggest issues of our era.

[@whyforcemetohaveachannel3228]

You should look into whether local realtors are getting kickbacks from these corporate buyers. In my experience, they bias sellers against buyers with mortgages.

[@joedaily2]

I believe this has been happening where I live in Ohio as well. We have a popular college in our town and landlords have been buying single family homes here and renting each room to college students for 350.00 to 400.00 each. A lot of our rental homes in town are owned from those who live out of state and it's a real problem here. Rent is outrageous here in a town where average income is probably around $45,000 a year or less. I could not afford to rent here.

[@71suns]

Their GREED is INSATIABLE. There's no bottom to it. Regardless of how much they have it's NEVER ENOUGH. IT NEVER SATISFIES. Think about how desperately empty your life would have to be to NEVER BE SATISFIED. NEVER HAVE A SENSE OF CONTENTMENT.

[@J_wsh]

Miami Oxford? or OSU Only two i know of.

[@joedaily2]

@@J_wsh oh , it's UNOH

[@joedaily2]

@@J_wsh and we also have an OSU branch --Rhodes

[@alquinn8576]

you know what brings rent and housing prices down? more supply. at least get a grasp of the actual problem and stop whining

[@theresa922]

Jeff Merkely from Oregon is working on a bill in Washington to prevent investors/hedge funds in housing.

[@codacreator6162]

No BUILT TO RENT COMMUNITIES!

[@sashamoore9691]

Oh But if this were a CALIFORNIA based company we wouldn’t hear the end of it! But since it’s stupid ass Texas based, we only hear crickets! Such hypocrites in the comment section

[@freeindeed8416]

@@sashamoore9691Aren’t you tired of posting this irrelevant comment

[@glasslinger]

This is the latest fad in speculative investing! By making virtually all available housing rentals people are trapped for life paying and paying without getting anything for their money.

[@Ch-yz4yt]

Screw rental properties. Make it so people can afford to buy. You'll force someone to pay 2k for rent, but then tell them they can't afford a 1500 mortgage. It makes no sense.

[@svenjorgensenn8418]

Fr. The banks just make more off of rentals so they deny the people in the low middle.

[@runswithraptors]

Stop doing business with banks 🤷‍♂️

[@bwebbs28]

This is a national problem. It has to happen. California needs to act as well.

[@tinacollier1447]

Vegas too.

[@FEARSWTOR]

Happening in NJ, too. There was a time when the listing price for a home was the highest you could expect to pay and you could offer less and negotiate. Now that price is like an opening bid because houses get bought for 10-20% over asking price when an investor comes in with their counter-offer and you have to either beat it or find a different house.

[@Milestonemonger]

Blackstone owns and manages over 300,000 units of rental housing in the U.S., making it the largest landlord in the U.S.

[@upcloseimage]

Wow. Thank you for bringing light to this issue. I hope we hear more! Greed at it's finest!

[@DR52783]

Happening in Dover Delaware. A huge group of houses are being built and they are rent only. I could not understand that but now I know why.

[@misterringer]

More outlets need to be talking about this. It's an absolute disaster and it should be illegal.

[@brucemcneilage4948]

Should it be illegal to sell houses to these companies or to buy them. Let’s outlaw the sellers not the buyers.

[@VKEvilution]

This is a huge reason why it's Custom where I live to write letters to the existing homeowner explaining who you are, your history in the area, and why you want the home.

[@tyd8077]

Anybody can lie

[@patriciahoysevier8693]

The institutional investors are forcing Seniors out of housing.

[@Iquey]

Yup and they are betting on nobody caring about seniors. What else is new.

[@Jennifer-nz2ss]

This should be put on every TV CH. in America till people realize what our country is enduring!!!Wake up AMERICA 🇺🇸 😑

[@tdl487]

I don't live in Ohio but this is also an issue in my town here in TN. Especially on the "bad side" of town which I also live on. It's literally one out of town company buying starter homes everywhere and charging a ridiculous amount for rent. My street alone has four of them and the company is even buying up any affordable plot of land they can with cash so it's almost impossible to purchase any to build your own house on. The average rent is also higher than my own mortgage by nearly $400 and my house is bigger and has more land than these properties! Ironically because the people are wiseing up and holding off renting to these scumbags they've had to put some of their properties up for sale because they're losing cash flow and landowners are refusing to sell to them no matter how much they're being offered. Both this and the horrific flipper market is what's making it impossible to buy houses now.

[@svenjorgensenn8418]

Once they realize the good people wont/can't pay for these rents, the landlords will be left holding the bag. Happens in NYC all the time

[@LadyOrion2012]

Yep, we sold to a family in Texas even with investor offers. Incidentally, my nephew, from Arizona, moved his family to Tennessee about 8 months ago. Saw the housing situation there and got out. He closed on a property here in central Texas a few weeks ago and moved his family about 2 hours from us. Sis and her family are getting out of Arizona and heading to Oklahoma, where my Niece just bought property with her husband. Arizona has gotten crazy expensive with all the California transplants and foreign investors.

[@BrooklynBaby100]

@@LadyOrion2012The issue is that a lot of those states don’t offer good jobs that pay well.

[@A3Kr0n]

I couldn't afford those rents. Thank God I own my own home.

[@Aikynbreusov]

$750 millions to solve the housing crisis in Ohio???? That's amount of money is POVERTY.... here in CALIFORNIA, we spend multi-billions of $$$ to solve our housing crisis, and we still have extreme homelessness problems.... Los Angeles alone, spent 3 billion $$$ to deal with its own homelessness problem and it's not enough.... When greed is involved with the problem, there's no amount of money can remedy it.....

[@Koushi82]

It's cause it's not being used to build houses they are being used to sue landlords like a dumbasses they are. Very simple solution is remove prop 13 for non primary residences and phase it out. Afterwards equally remove income taxes. Then remove nimby laws. If you own land you can put tiny house trailer on it and live there. Let them build infrastructure if necessary. Thus Removing road blocks. You do not need an electrical system then. Sewage for compost then abd just need to solve water issues as the main thing. Do these things amd you get reasonable prices and less homelessness

[@svenjorgensenn8418]

It's because your government pockets the money. 3/4B is a lot of money and can be used to generate even more if invested properly. But it's the government lol

[@_Devil]

I would fight against this too. Houses should be built for OWNERSHIP, not strictly for renting.

[@dfinma]

It's not a crisis, it's exactly what the government has allowed greedy corporations to do. And by "allow" I mean the corporations have paid off or otherwise influenced the government.

[@sashamoore9691]

Oh But if this were a CALIFORNIA based company we wouldn’t hear the end of it! But since it’s stupid ass Texas based, we only hear crickets! Such hypocrites in the comment section

[@ronsmith4325]

@@sashamoore9691 how many times are you going to copy and paste this? Bot.

[@dfinma]

@@sashamoore9691 wut?