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the problem is: we require people to either own land or pay someone else that owns land. That alone wouldn't be an issue without the second requirement: You ca

the problem is: we require people to either own land or pay someone else that owns land. That alone wouldn't be an issue without the second requirement: You can't have any land because all of it belongs to the government. Even CA, one of the most overpopulated states in the US has more acres of land than people. We need to start opening up land for development: mainly by starting cities in new underdeveloped states and creating incentives for companies to move there. Once people spread out a bit more, we'll see that there's enough land for everyone and it doesn't need to cost a huge amount to own land or real estate.

gremlinsinc 4y ago
We also need to stop building homes w/ 1900s tech and methods. You can build just as sturdy/sound a home for 10k using earthbags as you can 200k w/ a contractor, albeit there's a lot of hard work, but if you can do it, then you should be allowed to, but zoning laws don't always look favorable on homesteading. There's a family on youtube who has like 5 homes (1 for each kid, more like little studio apartments as their bedroom), and a big office. All built for <10k each. Imagine if you could buy 20 acres of land, and put a bunch of outside-the-box homes and apartments and charge minimal fees (like maybe 300/month HOA). You could build homes using: Earthbags, earthship, dome/concrete, containers, etc. Any home that uses earth also has the huge advantage of it being an awesome insulator. Earthship homes manage to fluctuate between 50/80 regardless of location or climate (winter/summer respectively). Creative homing I think could be a big solution to the problems if more people team up and build their own rentals on co-op'd land, then rental prices would go down a lot because demand would go down, or landlords would simply go broke because nobody will rent from them.

gremlinsinc 4y ago

We also need to stop building homes w/ 1900s tech and methods. You can build just as sturdy/sound a home for 10k using earthbags as you can 200k w/ a contractor, albeit there's a lot of hard work, but if you can do it, then you should be allowed to, but zoning laws don't always look favorable on homesteading. There's a family on youtube who has like 5 homes (1 for each kid, more like little studio apartments as their bedroom), and a big office. All built for <10k each. Imagine if you could buy 20 acres of land, and put a bunch of outside-the-box homes and apartments and charge minimal fees (like maybe 300/month HOA). You could build homes using: Earthbags, earthship, dome/concrete, containers, etc. Any home that uses earth also has the huge advantage of it being an awesome insulator. Earthship homes manage to fluctuate between 50/80 regardless of location or climate (winter/summer respectively). Creative homing I think could be a big solution to the problems if more people team up and build their own rentals on co-op'd land, then rental prices would go down a lot because demand would go down, or landlords would simply go broke because nobody will rent from them.