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It's great that worked out for you. It'd be great if people didn't have to get creative to find basic housing.
by jthrowsitaway 4y ago
It's great that worked out for you. It'd be great if people didn't have to get creative to find basic housing.
- sl3232323 4y agoSince when did housing become a right?
- zabzonk 4y agoSince the UN was founded, and human rights were stated.
- MikePlacid 4y agoA bit earlier than that, actually: [In 1917] the government spearheaded great changes in people’s lives, starting with housing. The Soviets nationalized private property and started the so-called “уплотнение” (housing compaction), giving rooms to working-class families in large central apartments that used to belong to [previous owners]. Note that renters were “compacted” too. This project officially laid the groundwork for the often bizarre kommunalka housing - a resilient symbol of the Soviet past. https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/331621-lenin-putin-soviet-russian-housing https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/331621-lenin-putin-soviet-rus... So you are having problems looking for a 2bd apartment for a family of 3? What about one room in an apartment with a bath shared by 4 other families?
- Veen 4y agoTo which court are you going to appeal for redress when those rights are not upheld? The UN declaration of human rights is nothing but an aspirational fiction.
- zabzonk 4y agoBetter an "an aspirational fiction" than nothing, or less than nothing under Putin.
- OJFord 4y ago1991: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_housing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_housing
- NullPrefix 4y agoYou mind if I crash on your couch for a while?
- OJFord 4y agoYes I do. But I also pay council tax and my local authority provides social housing.
- jahewson 4y ago1948 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Hum...
- newsclues 4y agoSince society decided it’s better to create housing than to allow an army of homeless people to burn the world to the ground.
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- dimitrios1 4y ago> It'd be great if people didn't have to get creative to find basic housing where they want to live FTFY. There is plenty of basic housing. It just happens not to be where people are looking most of the time.
- mdavis6890 4y agoIt would also be nice if we would stop voting for politicians that promise policies that limit supply - either directly and explicitly such as zoning laws, or as a consequence like rent control.
- sumedh 4y agoThat happens because most people are property owners so the politicians want to keep them happy first.