This is called gentrification.
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match@pawb.social 7 months agowe all need to pick a small town and fucking descend upon it
Femcowboy@lemm.ee 7 months ago
aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 7 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 7 months ago
Some anti-NIMBY regulation could probably help too at least when it comes to residential buildings.
aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yes, rezoning for denser housing and removing unneeded or dangerous commercial zoning could help too.
taladar@sh.itjust.works 7 months 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.
SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wouldn’t that be YIMBY?
ebc@lemmy.ca 7 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.