The existence of inheritance makes people think of housing as a nest egg and investment vehicle, to be dispensed before or after death as a profit making instrument to their children. This is why large swathes of home-owners are interested in house prices always climbing, to the detriment of the non-homeowning portion of the working class.
If I remember correctly, housing costs were allowed to balloon like they have for precisely this reason, to make workers willing to accept the disappearance of pensions as an expected benefit.
The existence of inheritance makes people think of housing as a nest egg and investment vehicle, to be dispensed before or after death as a profit making instrument to their children. This is why large swathes of home-owners are interested in house prices always climbing, to the detriment of the non-homeowning portion of the working class.
If I remember correctly, housing costs were allowed to balloon like they have for precisely this reason, to make workers willing to accept the disappearance of pensions as an expected benefit.