By Natalie Orenstein from Oaklandside

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“The only reason why businesses like this could exist,” said Tobias Damm-Luhr, staff attorney at the Sustainable Economies Law Center, is because “people hoard land and housing. They create these artificial scarcities such that people who don’t have a home or any other option are forced to try to live in places where they have no legal right to live.” 

"When we prioritize somebody’s passive income over life, we have a problem."

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(Originally published September 30, 2025)