Comment on The cost-of-living crisis is so bleak that some Gen Zers genuinely fear becoming homeless

• aodhsishaj@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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  • taladar@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Some anti-NIMBY regulation could probably help too at least when it comes to residential buildings.

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    • aodhsishaj@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yes, rezoning for denser housing and removing unneeded or dangerous commercial zoning could help too.

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      • taladar@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Allowing commercial inside residential areas the way most countries outside the US do could help the US too. That way people wouldn’t need a car for basic necessities.

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    • SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Wouldn’t that be YIMBY?

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    • ebc@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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• Femcowboy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This is called gentrification.

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