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> We need to get people working again in a way that doesn't spread the virus. Doing what, and how would you train them at scale? > We need to work on resolvin
by save_ferris 6y ago
> We need to get people working again in a way that doesn't spread the virus.
Doing what, and how would you train them at scale?
> We need to work on resolving our housing supply issues. We've torn down a million SROs and not replaced them. We've largely zoned Missing Middle housing out of existence.
This is true, and is primarily the market’s fault. Developers focused on building higher margin luxury development and private equity started acquiring affordable private multi family en masse, renovating it and jacking up the prices.
> We collectively know how to create affordable market rate housing in walkable neighborhoods. We just basically choose not to in the US.
Again, this is a battle of competing interests. Those that control zoning and development aren’t as concerned about making cities walkable as those who actually live in them. Fewer and fewer people own the real estate they live in. You make it sound like laziness and that we “need to get our heads out of the sand.”
Unfortunately, the real estate market isn’t that simple, and the single largest influence in making waves in real estate is truckloads of money, plain and simple.