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Start small. People can own one, maybe two housing units (everyone loves a good cabin). Get rid of REITs. Expand building of public housing; don't means-test it

Start small. People can own one, maybe two housing units (everyone loves a good cabin). Get rid of REITs. Expand building of public housing; don't means-test it, it's available to everyone. Means-testing is how you get impoverished housing projects. Universal public goods have a habit of sticking around and getting funded.

refurb 7y ago
Where do you plan on raising the funds to actually build housing? Unless it’s economically attractive to invest in real estate, the money won’t flow into housing. Sure you could have the govt do it, but based on their track record I don’t assume it’ll be done very efficiently.