News @lemmy.world jeffw @lemmy.world 7 mo. ago

After decades of inaction, states are finally stepping up on housing

www.vox.com After decades of inaction, states are finally stepping up on housing

The affordability crisis is forcing politicians’ hands.

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I'll believe it when I see it lol
- Yeah, if you dig into the details it's just a bunch of giveaways to private for profit businesses, again. Nothing about public housing or even rent assistance.
  
  If their asshole land developer buddies can't make a buck off of it liberal lawmakers have no interest in addressing homelessness. We need actual progressives for any kind of economic justice to happen.
- Its already happening, as the article indicates... this isn't something that changes over night. We've taking decades to dig ourselves into this hole, it will take some years to dig us out.
- Yeah it would be great to be able to afford my own place since I'm working full time. It's ridiculous that full time employees don't make enough to support themselves and it's not sustainable.
If Newsom wanted to he could probably solve the crisis over night, just like he did when Xi Jinping visited.

In Utah they have been constructing "tiny homes" instead of more "shelters". I think it's a pretty good idea and, if I remember correctly, the only requirements to qualify are have the need and be drug free. Seems like a much better solution than shared spaces which often turn out to be quite dangerous for many reasons.
- Feel free to explain how Newsom could solve the crises over night, and also why he hasn't done it.
  
  he doesn't want to solve it. homelessness is a threat to keep the people who are on the verge from rioting. people with something to lose don't riot. Also, same reason we still have healthcare tied to employment. forces you to work.
  
  for the record, I'd be willing to bet you my lunch that if you add up all the costs associated with homelessness as currently being approached- the enforcement, the property damage, the shelters that do fuck all. the health expenses incurred because they can't get employed. all of it. I bet if you add all that up, it would be less than a housing-first solution similar to finland's. (it's finland I'm thinking of, right?)
  
  It's called approving building permits, after the new homes are finished, they would house the people bidding up housing prices, decreasing the pressure on the market
  
  Feel free to explain why Newsom has been campaigning on solving homelessness in California for ~10 years but only made progress when Xi Jinping visited recently, and also why he hadn't taken the exact same actions sooner. It's the same reason, after all.
- You obviously haven't been to California. There are tiny home complexes everywhere are they are expanding quickly. You can see a large one just off the 170.
AFTER it gutted all of the communities they are now PLANNING to discuss fixes.

Thanks assholes.

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