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Family homes should have stopped being investment vehicles a long time ago. If we want affordable housing, housing costs must necessarily fall behind inflation
by humanrebar 8y ago
Family homes should have stopped being investment vehicles a long time ago.
If we want affordable housing, housing costs must necessarily fall behind inflation, which is the thing brown lawn regulations are trying to prevent.
I'm not saying brown lawns are the way to lower housing prices, but the whole point rests on the value judgement that expensive housing is better.
- davidw 8y agoAt least it's brown lawns people don't want in their neighborhoods these days.
- monocasa 8y agoIt's still both.
- stronglikedan 8y agoIt's still both everywhere, but not as much anywhere as some would like to believe. It's better now than it ever was, and as long as it keeps moving in that direction that's a good thing.
- monocasa 8y agoI mean, schools are more segregated now then they were 40 years ago. So no, it's not better than it ever was, it's just more quiet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2013/08/29/report-public-schools-more-segregated-now-than-40-years-ago/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2013/08/...
- stronglikedan 8y agoThat's just one data point in one area, and doesn't necessarily reflect racism. My general statement is still accurate - racism has been and still is on the decline.
- monocasa 8y agoI provided data to back up my position, do you have any other than vague feels?
- stronglikedan 8y agoYes.
- conductr 8y ago> If we want affordable housing... There is no “we”. Non home owners want affordable housing. Home owners want appreciation and have the power to make brown lawn regulations a reality.