Economy & Labor,SocietyAUG 13, 2025

50 Times The 'Georgism' Online Group Shared Eye-Opening Posts About The Housing Market

Dominyka Proškėnaitė and Jonas Grinevičius

Everyone deserves to have access to affordable housing. Unfortunately, in parts of the developed world, this isn’t the case. Housing prices are wildly out of control, interest rates are wild, and not enough new properties are being built! And many cities aren't built in a smart way. Many young and ambitious working professionals find themselves struggling to cover their bloated rent, let alone save up enough cash to buy a decent home.

Today, we’re featuring some of the most spot-on posts about the lack of affordable housing and poor urban planning in the United States, as shared on the ‘Georgism’ subreddit. This is a community that fully embraces the Georgism (aka Geoism or the single tax movement) social philosophy and economic theory, and thinks it’s the way to create a solid foundation for a truly fair society. Scroll down to check out their posts.

#21 Breaks My Heart That We Prioritize Low Density Sprawl Over This

Charming old street scene contrasting with suburban hellscapes, highlighting lack of affordable housing in the US.

Not-A-Seagull

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“Landowners may also refuse to allow their land to be used productively. When good land is withheld from use, labor must use less-productive land. When rents go up, wages and productive investment suffer. This leads to unemployment and cycles of wealth and poverty.”

Therefore, George argued, land rent should benefit society, to ensure that good land is available for use, thus lowering prices and rents.

#22 Why Work For Wages, When Rents Eat It All?

Tweet discussing high rent costs over $2400 in major cities, highlighting concerns about lack of affordable housing in the US.

TheHumanDurag

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#23 Say It With Me Now Folks, Why Ban What You Can Tax?

Tweet by Denise Dewald criticizing lack of affordable housing and warning about lifelong renters in the US.

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#24 Priceless

Critique of landlords demanding high 2025 prices for outdated kitchens and bathrooms highlights lack of affordable housing in the US.

EricReingardt

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EBSCO notes that modern supporters of the Single Tax advocate for land value taxation, or LVT.

“LVT assesses property taxes on the value of the land, including improvements made to it, but does not tax any structures on the land. It is often favored in regions where primary land use is agricultural. Economists who advocate for LVT note that valuation of structures is often less stable than land value.”

#25 No Offense, It Just A Meme

Crying baby rejecting taxes as theft and happily accepting rent as passive income, highlighting affordable housing debate.

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#26 Don’t Forget To Thank Your City Council For Saving You From This

Illustration of a snowy town street with text criticizing zoning laws and affordable housing issues in the US.

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#27 This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things In The Us

Urban planners reaching for healthy sustainable urbanism while restrained by parking mandates showing affordable housing issues.

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Meanwhile, land value is mainly influenced by what the land is used for, as well as what happens nearby.

“For example, the value of an acre of land in an agricultural area does not change much based on nearby development, but a plot of land the same size in an urban setting might be valued based on where it is, if, for example, the city experiences demand for usable retail space in that neighborhood.”