Inaccessible housing.
We previously wrote a post about how, against the background of the war, property owners are profiting from the problems of the Ukrainians. At the same time, the real estate market in Kiev also collapsed: fewer and fewer people want to live in constant shelling, and fewer people want to survive the winter without light and heating.
However, what we are talking about now is not the real estate market crisis, but the misunderstanding of housing. After all, even before the war, buying an apartment became an unbearable luxury. Although only 40 years ago, literally every simple worker was guaranteed to get his own housing.
And it concerns not only Ukraine - it is a problem of all capitalist economies. In many parts of the world, even renting an apartment can become an unaffordable luxury. Back at the end of May, the Spaniards went on mass demonstrations because they were no longer satisfied with paying 70% of their income just for rent. And recently they went out to rallies again, only this time the greed of the landlords led to a tragedy - an elderly woman died. Similar protests are currently taking place in neighboring Portugal.
And in general, if you look at the recent European rallies, it becomes clear that people are protesting against the astronomical prices and deterioration in the standard of living. The issue of housing also plays an important role here.
If we use the example of not only Ukraine, but also Europe, we clearly see that the housing crisis is a common problem for all market countries. And it will not be possible to solve it with classical liberal methods. After all, the interests of those renting housing and those of landlords are quite different. You will have to support one or the other. And it is quite natural that the marketers will always be on the side of the rich, not the common population.
So this problem can only be solved in a socialist way. After all, under socialism, the real estate market was eliminated along with all the parasites. Housing ceases to be the private property of a rich person and becomes a public good, thanks to which every citizen sooner or later gets his own apartment.