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You're describing a problem which regulation is designed to fix. People argue about how effective that is, and post counter intuitive outcomes, but I think the central point remains: there's little evidence a deregulated housing market fixes it either.

Corporate landlords probably have more motivation to repect enforced obligations. So the ultimate corporate landlord is some level of government, and then we've arrived where I think we should be: public housing is a right.





New Zealand recently brought in some minimum requirements around insulation.

It’s a low bar, and even lower when you know how poor the average house quality is within New Zealand.

The average European house is ludicrous hot inside compared to NZ housing.




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