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 @woozle in NYC we've seen landlords simply refuse to rent apartments that are rent controlled and take it as a tax loss (oversimplified). There are some immoral but very logical financial reasons they do this. Tiny Apts WOULD be a great option, but that brings us back to housing codes. Ex. NYC requires every bedroom to have a window so that you can escape in a fire. This prevents empty office buildings from being converted because every floor's center ends up filled with empty space 3/? 3 comments
 @masukomi It's true, this would be a bandaid solution, and the rentiers are overequipped with bandaid-removal tools. It's going to take a revolution in government, ultimately. Housing shouldn't even be a market. Basic needs of any kind shouldn't be a market. @woozle Hard Agree. I'm not actually against there being _A_ market for housing, but i think it should be _A_ market for folks that can, and want to spend more, AFTER we've made sure everyone has a safe roof over their heads that won't be taken away because they dare to be "too poor" or get injured or sick or whatever. I think the US is rapidly going to swap to full on fascism, but after that we can hopefully overthrow that + the BS we're currently simmering in. If we survive. ;) |
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@woozle Honestly there are a TON of really great ideas for fixing housing and making it affordable, & lots of proof that many will work from other countries.
BUT they require a complete overhaul of housing regulations (incredibly hard) AND legislators who actually care about making life better for people instead of lining their pockets and gaining power (incredibly rare).
:( It's a 💩 situation.