Quote Originally Posted by Linadae View Post
What is going on is a racketeering scheme. These people (lovingly called the Housing Mafia on Balmung) have created an artificial problem by purchasing houses they have no intention of using.
It's not an artificial problem, and it's pretty naiive to think that housing supply would not be a problem if people stopped buying them to sell. While what they're doing is reprehensible, stopping them will NOT fix the housing issue.