theHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL: There are 27.4 Empty Homes for Each Homeless Person in the U.Slockmedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square256fedilinkarrow-up1799arrow-down122
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minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSo your parents borrowed against the value of their home to put you through college. They could have also taken out parent plus loans to do the same thing. Why is this an argument for letting home prices soar?
minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoyou can’t take out loans if you have no collateral.
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYes you can take out parent plus loans without collateral. That’s their entire reason for existing.
So your parents borrowed against the value of their home to put you through college. They could have also taken out parent plus loans to do the same thing. Why is this an argument for letting home prices soar?
you can’t take out loans if you have no collateral.
Yes you can take out parent plus loans without collateral. That’s their entire reason for existing.