Comment on The cost-of-living crisis is so bleak that some Gen Zers genuinely fear becoming homeless
Jimbo@yiffit.net 4 months ago
Well they should, my partner and I became homeless for a few months because we got priced out of our housing. We had a friend to crash with but it was awful and ended up destroying that relationship, AND the solution ended up being moving to a smaller town because rent was simply too high.
match@pawb.social 4 months ago
we all need to pick a small town and fucking descend upon it
aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 4 months ago
In capitalism as inventory goes down prices go up. As we descend upon hat small town and rent or buy what’s there, prices go up.We need to instead lobby for legislation that heavily taxes investment properties. That will free the hundreds of thousands of homes that’re empty. Also local housing initiatives where tax dollars go to subsidize the building of more houses. Look at the G.I. Bill after WW2 for a great example of this. But instead of veterans, anyone 90k or below gets a check to help with their first home.
taladar@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Some anti-NIMBY regulation could probably help too at least when it comes to residential buildings.
aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yes, rezoning for denser housing and removing unneeded or dangerous commercial zoning could help too.
SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Wouldn’t that be YIMBY?
ebc@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Looking at the drama that’s currently going on in my small village, NIMBY is a hell of a drug. Not sure how we can regulate that.
Femcowboy@lemm.ee 4 months ago
This is called gentrification.