Call me a skeptical, but I feel like reactions like yours are the intended outcome of the article where anger is shifted towards people living in their homes who don’t want roommates. And not on the actual problem of people and companies buying up properties without the intention of living in them, but renting them out or as pure investment assets to sit on and leave empty.

Ideally we wouldn’t waste anything ever, even space, but that’s not going to happen in a capitalist system where hoarding is rewarded.

That’s a different argument than “people should be forced to host people in their private homes that they legally (if unethically) own.”

yeah but do they really need 2000 SQ ft? They should sell that and buy 1000 SW ft house. And honestly that is a lot of room. Why aren’t they renting some of it. Prisoners live in 10x10 just fine.