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Of all the things on my make the world right shopping list, I absolutely do not see UBI. Renters need help. My priority would be housing rights. What I want
by gorgoiler 6y ago
Of all the things on my make the world right shopping list, I absolutely do not see UBI.
Renters need help. My priority would be housing rights. What I want is for the government to stop tiptoeing around and implement real regulation.
Minimum square footage per person. Minimum building standards to guarantee peace at home. Guaranteed rights, as a tenant, to remain in the property until you decide to leave. No more annual renewal fee stress when the estate agent threatens to replace you with someone (plucked from the free market) who will pay 3% more.
Regulation to prevent dense tenant battery farms. No more conversion of three bedroom homes (with two large living spaces) into six bedroom slums for common-licensed tenants. Oftentimes the kitchen is the only common living space and your bedroom has a lock on it. This is a horrible way to live.
It also drives down wages with a race to the bottom for lowest possible housing quality at the maximum possible price.
I’ve lived in — and seen my friends live in — various slums in the US and England over the years. In the very crowded rental markets of major cities and popular towns, tenants are treated like cattle, but without the animal rights.
- zanny 6y agoFixing housing policy is not exclusive with UBI. And in most states there are minimum square footage requirements that, when too high for the incomes of the population to sustain them in housing, are going to be ignored by said population.
- gorgoiler 6y agoYes. Any exclusivity would be in the attention spans of voters. One feels like one can only pick one battle at a time.