Cameron_james t1_ja8p0vh wrote
Reply to comment by Maxpowr9 in ‘A housing market for almost no one’: Rising prices and interest rates have made home buying feel impossible - The Boston Globe by uxd
The other issue with this is that because they can't downsize they will stay in housing that is too big. This will keep homes from reaching the market...and the cycle worsens.
Maxpowr9 t1_ja8v6hu wrote
See the tax break Healy is suggesting for said seniors. Will only make the housing market worse.
AboyNamedBort t1_ja93cdg wrote
Yeah, I don't get giving seniors a break on property taxes. Old people own all the damn property. Give young people who own nothing a break. If an old person is struggling to pay property taxes then they bought something they couldn't afford. They can get a roommate to help pay expenses. That is what they tell young people to do.
bobby_j_canada t1_ja9fiz2 wrote
It's because your local city councilors and state representatives get 74 calls per week from retired senior citizens and 6 calls per week from young people trying to start a family.
Maxpowr9 t1_ja94sq9 wrote
Or have their adult kids move in with them to help pay bills.
Cameron_james t1_ja966o4 wrote
Many seniors do live with family or with roommates in a "retirement home." Those are things that already happen.
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