• Altima NEO@lemmy.zip
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      11 months ago

      They live in it, it’s their “home”.

      “Home” as a concept, not a piece of property.

      • dmention7@lemm.ee
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        11 months ago

        It’s just a really weird passive phrasing that implies it was your home before the landlord bought it.

        It’s more like they bought a house and then you rented it, at which point it becomes your home.

        (Not that the former never happens, I just don’t think the meme was calling out a relatively niche situation.)

        There are so many things to criticize about the housing market that it’s weird to rely on tricks of language rather than factual arguments. Like, “Renting out property that you own, and complaining about the upkeep required to keep it rentable” is much more accurate but not as memeable I guess.

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      11 months ago

      Yes. This is exactly the distinction made between personal and private property. The landlord owns it as private property, but it’s the renter that uses it for daily life purposes.

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      11 months ago

      The landlord owns the property, the person renting possesses it.

      So it is the person renting’s home, owned by the landlord.

    • Chump [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      11 months ago

      Think home as in a place you live, vs house as in a place where people can live. The landlord owns a bunch of houses, which are themselves other peoples’ homes