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The article does talk about some of the factors, the ones that effect the most vulnerable in (US at least) society. At a macro level many basic needs are not b
by mjevans 4y ago
The article does talk about some of the factors, the ones that effect the most vulnerable in (US at least) society.
At a macro level many basic needs are not being met in the US. As a nation __sufficient__ housing construction has not happened in many decades. Worse it is conflated with being the main investment vehicle for the people lucky enough to have gotten in early, a profit making center for others, and various 'neighborhood character' centered motives prevent the housing around cities from growing the way the jobs had prior to the pandemic.
That's what's driving the relocation; the homelessness; the migration of people from areas their families and (probably already strained) support structures (which we can hope exist; this isn't always the case).
Area too expensive to live in? Blame housing. Can't find workers at a price you want to pay? Probably also housing. It shocks and saddens me that a real solution to the housing crisis hasn't even been discussed as a political talking point my entire adult life. Not even during the (previous?) recession literally caused by housing issues.
- DANK_YACHT 4y agoThe article makes no mention of relocation as a driver of the decline in enrollment.
- mjevans 4y agoIt does, in fact, mention families moving to other, 'rural resort' locations among other factors.
- et-al 4y ago> At the same time, some families are leaving their local public schools not because they are abandoning the system altogether but because they have moved to other parts of the country that are more affordable. > Rendered homeless in late 2020, [three children] had struggled for months to keep up academically, shuffling for almost a year between motels, relatives and Ms. Parish’s 1997 Honda before they quietly stopped attending school entirely.
- panic 4y agoAB-2053 in California looks promising: https://www.californiasocialhousing.org/ https://www.californiasocialhousing.org/
- remolacha 4y agoTypical California. The problem is excessive regulation and zoning laws preventing private developers from building. And California proposes more government... This only works in Singapore because it has the world's most competent and least corrupt civil service.
- charcircuit 4y ago>housing construction has not happened in many decades Yes, it has. I see houses being built all of the time. It fact there is one being built in front of where I live now.
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 4y agoSingle family in suburbs?
- pjc50 4y agoThe singular of anecdote is not data.
- brendoelfrendo 4y agoCool, now think of all the housing construction you see, and consider that the US would need to build roughly 5 million more units to keep up with demand[0]. The US does not build housing efficiently or at a scale that meets demand. [0] https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/09/14/america-is-short-more-than-5-million-homes-study-says.html https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/09/14/america-is-short-more-th...
- mfer 4y agoOne thing I don’t see talked about much regarding new housing is skilled trades. Where I live there aren’t enough doing skilled trades to produce the number houses that people want to build. That compounds the problem