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I’m happy for these students, and the housing stipend they managed to get will help them, but I don’t think it’s a net positive overall. It just adds more deman
by shajznnckfke 6y ago
I’m happy for these students, and the housing stipend they managed to get will help them, but I don’t think it’s a net positive overall. It just adds more demand to the local housing market, so a different set of people on the margins end up homeless. The only way to improve the situation is to build more housing.
- foogazi 6y agoUCSC is sitting on a lot of land while offloading housing onto Santa Cruz
- shuckles 6y agoAnd as a state entity they can develop their land without approval from local governments, one of the largest obstacles to new construction. UCSF has used this to great effect in San Francisco.
- whymsicalburito 6y agoThat's interesting. UC employees aren't classified as state employees, they are employed by the regents. CSU employees are state employees.