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> If you want cheaper housing, build it more densely. NIMBYs hate this one weird trick for cheaper housing!
by klipt 4y ago
> If you want cheaper housing, build it more densely.
NIMBYs hate this one weird trick for cheaper housing!
- atoav 4y agoI think globally it is quite known how to build cheaply while keeping the quality up. The issue is that there are not many incentives to build 20 cheap housing units where you could build 5 high prized ones. Especially if you already have high prized ones nearby and you don't want to "stain" them with the existence of "these people". Something that works well in Vienna/Austria (and elsewhere) is state/municipiality-owned housing and laws that dedicate a certain percentage of the municipial area to cheap housing. This way (if I recall correctly), whenever a high prized thing is built, they have to negotiate with the city where the cheap housing goes. Into the same spot? A different, less valuable, but bigger lot? The unexpected benefit of this is that you mix different social classes of people which is ultimately good for society. Many issues between the social classes today stem from a lack of visibility and shared living spaces.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoThis is what the progressive areas in the US are trying to do as well and are being attacked with an incoherent right wing response about how that obvious and simple solution is actually an elitist, counterproductive, authoritarian blah blah blah, because they represent the people who dont want to live near poor people.
- namlem 4y agoIt's not just the right levying those attacks. Wealthy progressives making the exact same arguments.