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• tankfox@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So, like, tear down all the apartment buildings and focus on putting every single human in a single family home for free? Like, how does your mental image of this work?

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  • TiggerYumYum@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re putting words in my mouth. The US government, if it chose, could increase assistance with its programs in HUD. The government could increase the availability of housing vouchers in the meantime while transitioning to guaranteeing some form of housing for its citizens. You jumped to single family homes as if that’s the only option, but there are many alternatives. The government could also nationalize corporations that gouge renters. Why would you tear down existing buildings instead of providing any alternatives? Do you know how many vacant homes there are in America? Over 15 million.

    All of this is a pipe dream with the current administration.

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    • Ferus42@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Agreed that the current administration is a dumpster fire and they will likely just burn HUD to the ground.

      There are really only two options for housing. Either a single family home or a multiple dwelling unit… apartments/duplexes and the like. I’m not sure what alternatives you’re thinking of. For a MDU, someone has to own the property, and they will be responsible for its upkeep and any financial obligations. Perhaps a co-op might work, but there is nothing stopping anyone from doing that now, and almost no one does it.

      Suggesting the government nationalize a property rental corporation is insane. It sounds like a good way to ruin our society when businesses flee for fear of being nationalized as well. If you think that sounds like a good idea, look at countries that have done this and ask yourself if YOU would want to live there. Any other anti-trust action would be much more appropriate. Certainly, it won’t happen in the next four years, but if we have another election, taking down rental conglomerates would probably be insanely popular.

      As for the 15 million vacant homes, read this: forbes.com/…/16-million-homes-lie-empty-and-these…

      The majority of homes that remain vacant over long periods of time tend to be undesirable and cheaper. A question you could ask is, why don’t people move to where the affordable homes are? Because they don’t want to live there. They want to have affordable housing in the same place everybody else wants to live. People compete to live in more desirable areas, driving the prices up. Now housing is too expensive for people of lower incomes. How would you suggest we lower property costs in places like New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco?

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      • TiggerYumYum@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There are apartments, townhomes, duplexes, condos, single family homes, bungalows, and maybe more I am forgetting. Pretty easy to look up if you actually tried. For MDUs, condo associations do that all the time, and even though I hate them, HOAs serve the same person for single family units. Again, all easily searched if you took the time to. This could be transitory to simply providing housing through HUD.

        Here’s a list of countries that have nationalized businesses, usually relating to critical infrastructure. Which housing would fall under. …wikipedia.org/…/List_of_nationalizations_by_coun…

        Not that insane, just disingenuous of you to say that. Plenty of countries here that I would live in. Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Canada, UK, Indonesia - all have nationalized businesses within recent/modern history and businesses haven’t fled those countries en masse.

        Forbes is not a good source. Lol

        That’s not an issue of enough housing for people to live in. Desirability is a separate issue tackled through improving the local economy, job offerings, amenities, etc.

        How would I lower the prices? If you listened earlier I mentioned increasing the availability of housing vouchers and also lowering the requirements for eligibility.

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