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My wife is an architect who is working with a school district to build affordable housing for its teachers. The district has received a grant, and the district
by hrunt 4y ago
My wife is an architect who is working with a school district to build affordable housing for its teachers. The district has received a grant, and the district has plans to build the housing with developers building neighborhoods that feed into its new schools. The affordable housing would only be for teachers, and not for other groups that may qualify for affordable housing.
And the broader community (i.e. the city in which the housing would be built) is fighting it because they don't want affordable housing to hurt the values of homes that already exist in the area. Everyone supports the teachers -- until it affects their home values.
- koolba 4y agoThe problem with these approaches is now you’ve turned the teacher into an indentured worker. They can’t leave their job because they wouldn’t be able to find comparable housing for a comparable price. And then what happens when you want to fire a low performing teacher? Do you also show up with moving boxes to her subsidized apartment to make room for her replacement?