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Zane Selvans
@ZaneSelvans@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

The "Third Way" between extracting rents from others and having rents extracted from you is also known as usufruct, and has been a concept in property law for more than 2000 years. #Housing#Cooperative

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/realestate/switzerland-rental-coops-nonprofit-lausanne.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hE8.ywiV.v01CzSli_6ZX&smid=bs-share

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Zane Selvans
@ZaneSelvans@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

There are a lot of interesting non-proprietary models of housing that have come out of the German speaking world over the last 100+ years. And there are so many more economically productive things we could be investing our savings in!

https://amateurearthling.org/2018/08/27/germanic-cooperative-housing-resources/

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Zane Selvans
@ZaneSelvans@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usufruct
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