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Community => Society and History => Topic started by: I am lizard on June 23, 2016, 01:44:24 pm
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When you start a topic with a link like this you should give a short explanation of what the topic is about, what's behind the link AND what you think about the subject.
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The trend is similar in Finland. Over here one of the culprits are actually unions since they own a large portion of the cost controlled apartments and they have been raising rents so much that in some parts of the country it's easy to find more affordable rental apartments outside the affordable housing system. This is harming the consumer demand for goods which in turn is harming the struggling economy. Many right wingers justifiably point out to this hypocrisy and also use it to direct attention away from their austerity policies and how they are also driving the consumer demand down.
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The rent goes up but since poor people get some government assistance for their rent that means that they can (barely) afford to live and this in turn means that there is no incentive for the companies to lower the rent... So basically tax payer money is circulating and going into the pockets of unions and the others who own a lot of apartments and the cost of living keeps getting higher.
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http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/22/real_estate/rent-affordability-housing-harvard/
11 million Americans spend half their income on rent. Fuck poverty, housing is a right.
Sounds an underestimate if anything.
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The neocon way to eliminate poverty: put everyone in poverty out on the street. Then they'll die, and there won't be anyone in poverty anymore!
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The neocon way to eliminate poverty: put everyone in poverty out on the street. Then they'll die, and there won't be anyone in poverty anymore!
Less bad publicity than a neutron bomb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgpa7wEAz7I
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The neocon way to eliminate poverty: put everyone in poverty out on the street. Then they'll die, and there won't be anyone in poverty anymore!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgpa7wEAz7I
Really, I thought my proposal was very modest.
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The solution is easy:
1) Build more than enough dwellings (so deregulate zoning rules)
2) In cities with lots of sprawl, demolish it
3) A residency tax on absent landlords without tenants.
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I say we just abolish HOAs. That'd get rid of a major barrier of entry to home ownership, right there.
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The solution is easy:
1) Build more than enough dwellings (so deregulate zoning rules)
2) In cities with lots of sprawl, demolish it
3) A residency tax on absent landlords without tenants.
Would you believe there's actually more housing available then there is homeless? Utah saw that and took action.
Ironbite-by giving the homeless their own places and drastically cutting their homeless rate.
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The solution is easy:
1) Build more than enough dwellings (so deregulate zoning rules)
2) In cities with lots of sprawl, demolish it
3) A residency tax on absent landlords without tenants.
Would you believe there's actually more housing available then there is homeless? Utah saw that and took action.
Ironbite-by giving the homeless their own places and drastically cutting their homeless rate.
And it ended up being ultimately cheaper, if I recall. (BUT SOSHULIZM!)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg5SwyTvAHw
You all knew this was coming.