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This is a really strange comment to unpack. On one hand, housing supply and people without homes are related, at least nominatively. So semantically it feels as
by evanlivingston 7y ago
This is a really strange comment to unpack. On one hand, housing supply and people without homes are related, at least nominatively. So semantically it feels as if you're making a point.
On the other hand, I can't identify any logic or argument to your comment. As far as I can tell your unspoken logic goes a little like this:
"The difficulty in building housing causes a constrained housing supply. Making it easier to build housing would solve part of the problem. The other part of the problem with the constrained housing supply is people without existing housing moving to the city. But I don't mean people without housing who can afford housing. I mean people without housing who can't afford housing. They constrain the housing supply in the city further."
- toasterlovin 7y agoFWIW, when people complain about the homeless, they are usually referring to people who live on the street, in tents, panhandle, etc. This is the vernacular meaning of the word. Not the much larger population of people who are homeless in the sense that they don't have a permanent place of residence, which is what you're referring to. The people who comprise the vernacular sense of the word are primarily afflicted by mental health and/or addiction issues. Fixing the cost of housing will not get them off of the street.