Simone15h ago
The Stolen Dream of the Iron Lady : How Margaret Thatcher's failure to understand economic #rent turned #Britain into a tributary economy, paying perpetual rent to #foreign #landlords as #taxes climbed to their highest level since WWII https://peeta462032.substack.com/p/the-stolen-dream-of-the-iron-lady
(Original #reddit post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/EconomicHistory/s/Gwm1xCcXQo )
The Stolen Dream of the Iron Lady

How Margaret Thatcher's failure to understand economic rent turned Britain into a tributary economy, paying perpetual rent to foreign landlords as taxes climbed to their highest level since the WWII

Peter Smith Rewilding
earthling1d ago

Landlorditis (noun, informal):
A state of chronic psychological distress and nervous system hyperarousal, directly induced by the erratic behavior, bad-faith negotiations, or systemic breach of duties by a housing provider.

#quotes
#landlords
#NewWords

PugJesus1d ago
Landlord and tenants in England, 15th century AD (Angus McBride)
Peter Riley3d ago

#Beirut will recover, but what urban realty is formed through repeated cycles of war, and who will inhabit it ?
Since late 2024, more than a million people in #Lebanon have been displaced. In a country of six million, this movement alters how space is inhabited and organized.
https://brooklynrail.org/2026/06/field-notes/war-and-the-production-of-space-notes-from-beirut/

#housingcrisis #landlords #Lebanon #rent #Urbanism

War and the Production of Space: Notes from Beirut | The Brooklyn Rail

Since late 2024, more than a million people in Lebanon have been displaced at different moments of the conflict. In a country of around six million, this scale of movements is equivalent to displacing over 57 million people in the United States, fundamentally altering how space is inhabited and organised. The changes I observe do not only reflect the disruption of the old urban scene, they point to war as a mode of spatial production.

Global News CanadaMay 28
1 in 5 landlords offering incentives as rental vacancies rise in Canada
The most common kind of incentive offered to renters was two months of free rent. On average, this effectively means reduced rents of around 13 per cent.
#Canada #Consumer #Economy #Landlords
https://globalnews.ca/news/11871961/landlords-offering-incentives-rental-vacancies/
Global NewsMay 28
1 in 5 landlords offering incentives as rental vacancies rise in Canada
The most common kind of incentive offered to renters was two months of free rent. On average, this effectively means reduced rents of around 13 per cent.
#Canada #Consumer #Economy #Landlords
https://globalnews.ca/news/11871961/landlords-offering-incentives-rental-vacancies/
Global News NationalMay 28
1 in 5 landlords offering incentives as rental vacancies rise in Canada
The most common kind of incentive offered to renters was two months of free rent. On average, this effectively means reduced rents of around 13 per cent.
#Canada #Consumer #Economy #Landlords
https://globalnews.ca/news/11871961/landlords-offering-incentives-rental-vacancies/
CBC CalgaryMay 28
New campaign tries to fix lack of pet-friendly rentals in Calgary
The Calgary Humane Society says less than 10 per cent of low-cost rentals allow pets. Their new initiative with the City of Calgary on a new campaign aims to start conversations give landlords confidence to rent to families with pets.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-pet-friendly-housing-rent-9.7214330?cmp=rss
CBC Prince Edward IslandMay 28
‘It’s not acceptable’: Some landlords on the Island say their property taxes are too high
Some landlords on P.E.I. say they're being unfairly hit with big property tax increases. They say their rising bills are making it tough to stay in the rental business, so a group that represents them is pushing for change. CBC’s Steve Bruce has that story.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7211669?cmp=rss
VictatorMay 27
#rent #landlords #greed #AmericanCapitalismCrisis #americancapitalist #poverty #inequality