@CrazyVibes_1 Would recommend he gets a functional doctor. I had something similar after getting really sick last year. It ended up being post-viral Mast Cell Activation and gut issues - dysbiosis & strep overgrowth. Most skin issues have connection to the gut so it’s a good place to start.
I think you’re conflating elder millennials with younger millennials - the group I’m referring to is 30-35 year olds. In 2000 40-45% of 30 y/o owned homes, in 2025 ~30% of 30 y/o own homes. You also can’t just look at “median age of first time buyers” when assessing market health, you need to look at the % of first time sales relative to all sales y2y. That has gone down significantly. In 2000 first time buyers accounted for ~40% of all sales and in the 2020’s dropped down to 20-30%.
I don’t disagree with your points on how we got here however.
@blake_ucf@ExtantBuffalo@RyderSelmi Exactly. I’m a millennial in my 30s and most of my friends parents are also boomers. Before the explosion in cost of living, younger millennials were also hit with Covid/mass layoffs disproportionately during prime years - late 20s/early 30s. This person’s math is bad.
@AndrewKolvet Judges need to be held financially and criminally liable if someone reoffends after a violent crime when their sentence was shortened, their charges were plead down/dropped, or they are out on bail/electronic monitoring.
@GuarioNexx@bennyjohnson When all-in costs go down, bidding goes up. This is well-established in real estate. People will also sit on homes reducing supply, further driving prices up.
We need to build more homes but that does not fix the problem for Gen Z and younger millennials overnight.
@bennyjohnson Instead of eliminating property taxes, GOP should look at freezing property taxes during ownership under a certain pricepoint, capping taxes for seniors, eliminating capital gains tax for owner-occupant sellers and removing transfer fee tax for buyers.
@bennyjohnson Yes - and the push by some in the GOP to eliminate property taxes will make it worse. I know we are trained on the right to push back on all taxes but this would have adverse consequences for younger and first time home buyers, only benefitting those that already “got in.”
@bennyjohnson Judges should be held financially and criminally responsible if anyone reoffends after a violent crime while getting a shortened sentence, charges dropped/plead down or while out on bail.
@WilliamSPhelps4@EricLDaugh Yes - but it only helps existing homeowners. I support freezing property taxes during ownership and capping taxes for seniors - these are things that help address both of those issues without exacerbating the affordability crisis for younger people already priced out.
I didn’t say there aren’t things to reform.
I would much prefer freezing property taxes during ownership, capping taxes for seniors, eliminating capital gains tax for owner-occupant sellers and removing the transfer tax for buyers.
The difference is these things are net positive for everyone, not just the people that got in.
GOP needs to focus on the affordability crisis for young people or they will not win elections. That’s just reality.
No. Eliminating property taxes would make affordability worse. Prices would continue to rise and inventory would tighten even further.
Better options: Freeze property taxes during ownership, cap taxes for seniors, eliminate capital gains tax for owner-occupant sellers and remove transfer taxes for buyers.
These help affordability and mobility for everyone, not just the people who already got in.
Exactly. And not wanting to eliminate those taxes doesn’t mean there aren’t other ways to help existing homeowners and seniors.
I think freezing property taxes during ownership, capping them for seniors, eliminating capital gains tax for owner-occupant sellers and removing transfer taxes for buyers are all better options that help with affordability and mobility for everyone, not just people who already got in.
Not eliminating property taxes doesn’t mean there aren’t better ways to help homeowners and seniors.
Freezing property taxes during ownership, capping them for seniors, eliminating capital gains tax for owner-occupant sellers, and removing transfer taxes for buyers are all better options.
Those help both existing owners and young people trying to buy, not only people who already got in.
When all-in costs go down, bidding goes up. This is well-established in real estate.
Continue to ignore affordability for young people but don’t act surprised when more openly socialist candidates start winning elections across the country.