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Oh wait, my post went the other direction, that is hyper local minimum wages, so that anyone who worked in a place would be able to afford a 2 room apartment within a 20 minute walk.

So adjust the minimum wages regionally, not the rents, although I’d say doing both tactics simultaneously ain’t a bad idea.

15 April at 2:51 | Wall-to-wall | Open on appdot.net
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Jess👾

My proposal is similar: minimum wages are tied to food, housing, and daycare prices within a 60 minute commute to the business using public transit. If the business owners want lower wages, they can work to increase housing supply and argue to get better mass transit to their workplace.
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15 April at 13:06 | Open on infosec.exchange
Alyn

@JessTheUnstill
This feels like the start of the path towards Company Towns.
@bennomatic @woozle

16 April at 6:52 | Open on wandering.shop
Woozle Hypertwin

@alyn @JessTheUnstill @bennomatic

Yes, that was my objection too.

It's easily remedied, though: companies can build more housing, they just can't own it once it is occupied. There are several ways around this. Aside from just giving it to their employees (which would be nice, but I can hear the shareholder screams already), they could set up an independently-operated cooperatively-owned trust-fund to own the properties, whether for rent or for sale.

There'd have to be some form of oversight to make sure the nonprofit wasn't still just being run by the company or its proxies, even if not legally owned by it. Is there maybe a standards organization for certifying independence of NPOs/co-ops? If not, seems like there should be.

@alyn @JessTheUnstill @bennomatic

Yes, that was my objection too.

It's easily remedied, though: companies can build more housing, they just can't own it once it is occupied. There are several ways around this. Aside from just giving it to their employees (which would be nice, but I can hear the shareholder screams already), they could set up an independently-operated cooperatively-owned trust-fund to own the properties, whether for rent or for sale.

16 April at 13:52 | Open on toot.cat
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