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[+] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    People will dance a thousand dances around the fact that low income housing should be built, owned, and operated by the municipality.

    The privately owned house building industry has failed its entire purpose and deserves to lose their place at the table. Those responsible for this problem must not be involved in the solution. Make the army build it. Way better use of our armed forces then whatever the fuck is going on these days. Or a WPA like program.

    Stop fucking begging these douchebags to fix a problem they caused. A problem they profit off of.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Agreed. Another, less violent but better for local finances, path forward could be sky high property taxes alongside homestead exemptions. That and greatly simplifying the opaque web of first time homebuyer incentives and options. Passing such a set of reforms would boost tax revenues for a few years, drive up rents while driving down the cost of homes, and then have a tail end boost to home owner industries.

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