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This seems like a way to reduce homelessness and fix the housing market in one fell swoop.
by p0pcult 4y ago
This seems like a way to reduce homelessness and fix the housing market in one fell swoop.
- miniman1337 4y agonot sure if its going to "fix" the housing market, but its a step in the right direction, away from nimbyism.
- p0pcult 4y agoFair point, perhaps I should have said "achieve a lower equilibrium price point." Maybe that would have been wordy and technical enough for HN?
- HDThoreaun 4y agoMy understanding is that California is short around a million housing units. Truly a staggering number that will take very long to catch up on. Not sure how many units are being allowed by builder's remedy but it surely isn't the full million.
- TedShiller 4y agoIt’s not short anything. Other states have housing.
- fosk 4y agoSomehow we have grown a whole generation of people that thinks they are entitled to live wherever they want, when that has never been the case in world’s history. I too want a penthouse in Manhattan, who do I need to mail to demand I am given a penthouse in Manhattan? California clearly doesn’t have the capacity to serve the current population, let alone an increased population. All services are 3rd world quality, besides a few rich enclaves.
- HDThoreaun 4y agoSomehow we have grown a whole generation of people that thinks they are entitled to tell their neighbors what they are allowed to build. I too want everyone around me to have a one story house so I can look over them from my balcony, but guess what, that would impede on their property rights. California absolutely has the capacity to serve the current population, they just need to fix the shit show that is their housing policy.
- anovikov 4y agoFixing homeless requires removing homeless, not adding homes. It's a law enforcement problem, not an economic problem.
- p0pcult 4y agoI suppose, through a certain carceral and inhumane viewpoint, your approach works too.
- nicoburns 4y agoI mean, it stands to reason that there also need to be homes for those people to live in. Unless you're planning on executing or imprisoning them instead.
- travisjungroth 4y agoRemove them to where?
- twiddling 4y agoI assume you have a FINAL solution?
- LewisVerstappen 4y ago> reduce homelessness Is the homeless problem due to the cost of housing? Or is it moreso due to fentanyl?
- lalaithion 4y agoIf they had homes, it wouldn't be called homelessness. You can take fentanyl in an apartment.
- m00x 4y agoIt's a lot more comfortable to take drugs at home, too. They would take homes if they could.
- LewisVerstappen 4y agoSF/LA has numerous programs that will give you housing if you're homeless. The issue is that many of the homeless refuse to take up these programs and insist on staying in their tents.... so... no?
- m00x 4y agoI'm from Vancouver so I'm pretty familiar with this issue. They give you housing but don't allow drugs. Being able to own your own place where you can do drugs helps. These people are addicts and homeless. We can cure homelessness with more homes, but we also need to help them get rid of addiction.
- metalforever 4y agono, dealing with this issue with a friend in SF right now, theres a waitlist and its long.
- sonofaplum 4y agoit's due to the cost of housing, as evidenced by lower homelessness rates in places where housing is cheaper.
- rcpt 4y agoAs long as Prop 13 is on the books we're pretty fucked but yes this is huge