A new report finds that the Mormon Church owns about 370,000 acres in Nebraska, making them the state's biggest landowner
  • Meuzzin@lemmy.world
    17·
    1 year ago

    I used to do locksmithing work for the Mormon churches in my area (through a property management company). One thing I learned, is they own whole subdivisions of homes (100s of houses), for their members. Typically wherever the church is. They also act as a kind of HOA for those subdivisions. Always thought that was kind of odd…

    • Gork@lemm.ee
      14·
      1 year ago

      Makes sense for an institution that exercises excessive control over their members.

      At least some of them exploit loopholes like soaking.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    16·
    1 year ago

    I don’t find it the least bit evil that a fraudulent religious org would buy thousands of acres of land while regular people are unable to own homes during a housing crisis. That’s what fraudulent religious orgs are for. That’s why I’m starting one today.

    • Shellbeach@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      It doesn’t need to be a religious org though. You could start some sort of renter’s union who would buy terrains. I bet it exists already and started as a good thing and turned evil somehow. Does that exist?

  • PowerCrazy
    94·
    1 year ago

    I wish that kind of societal safety net could exist outside of religion. Wouldn’t it be cool if a government that exists for the good of its citizens nationalized thousands of acres of farmland to ensure a steady food supply instead of relying on giving billions in subsidies to wealthy landowners?