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But they were cheap. Which is a really great thing when you are broke but still want to go to college.
by aero142 7y ago
But they were cheap. Which is a really great thing when you are broke but still want to go to college.
- wolfram74 7y agoIf the health situation is bad enough, it's just making externalities via health risks for everybody those residents interact with, since they're now vectors for whatever diseases crop up.
- aero142 7y agoSure. Hypothetically. But banning and entire class of building because someone says they saw rats seems a bit heavy handed.
- chillacy 7y agoYea but in many cases the alternative isn't "good housing" it's living in your car or a shelter. That has other health risks.
- bradlys 7y agolol - how is this any different from living in a house with other people? For reference - I lived in a very clean SRO in a co-op building. We all kept it looking good.
- danShumway 7y agoUnless the health risks are greater than those for homelessness, we shouldn't care. Absent additional research, my prior is that homeless disease vectors are probably worse, since people in that position have fewer shelter options from the elements and more direct exposure to the public. Houses don't have to be perfect, they just have to be better than what we have right now. I mean, even in a bad situation... there are rats on the street. It's very difficult for me to imagine someone in that condition looking at a house and saying, "no, the street is cleaner." Maybe there's an extra perspective I'm missing.