Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

"The coronavirus has been the only force so far that has been capable of preventing the company’s continual expansion. While it is temporarily halted, it’s time we acknowledged that it is a threat to affordable housing and should be replaced by a democratically controlled alternative." Airbnb, Covid-19 and the alternative to platform capitalists Related Envisioning Real Utopias

England "Shandor, 48, became homeless after falling behind on his rent following an accident at work." 48 years old and doesn't own a home! What has he been doing in his life? Why didn't he get a university degree and a good job? Why hasn't worked hard, not taking two jobs, not riding a bike looking for a third one, or, at least, why hasn't he managed to take a mortgage and work for a bank for 20/30 years? What is the difference between him and those refugees who come to our country for our milk and honey and our "generous benefits system", and make it unsustainable, dragging productivity down? He should be banished to Libya or Russia and his boy taken into custody!  England needs three million new social homes, a report says What about the developers, speculators, and the house prices? Three millions homes means a fall in the house prices, and a house after all, is not built to live in, but a place to make profits from, attract oligarchies,...