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I wish “affordable housing” meant “cheap to build housing” and not “subsidized housing”.
by forrestthewoods 5y ago
I wish “affordable housing” meant “cheap to build housing” and not “subsidized housing”.
- mchusma 5y agoI agree. I don't want the government to subsidize housing by 4-20%. I just want them to stop pursuing policies that drice up prices 2-10x. This includes things like minimum size requirements, minimum parking requirements, maximum height requirements, excessive permitting, community review requirements, environmental reviews, mortgage subsidies, and more. Solving housing is "easy", there are just tradeoffs, none of which to me seem like so bad. I typically only see NIMBYs on the other side.
- brody_hamer 5y agoYes. The term “Affordable housing” is used in such different contexts, that it holds little meaning. But I just want us to be building condos and simple homes geared that middle income families can afford at 30% of their annual income.
- SilasX 5y agoHaha, yes! That's so annoying, that we've contorted the language to the point that one can end up saying things like, "I support making housing affordable, but I'm not for Affordable Housing(tm)."