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The housing crisis.

• gremlinsinc 3y ago
  I have a solution for this, but I'd need investors to pull it off. Essentially cheap communities of tiny homes and non traditional homes, like using earth bags which also have an insulation effect. we could also build out a few extra beds per community for free hotel stays when you travel to a place with our network of communities. Each community would have a huge warehouse to store shareable like cleaning supplies, tools, drills, recreational vehicles, lawnmowers, etc. These all then are loaned out like a library. How many things do you own that really are used every single day and how many only a few times per year? What if you could use it wherever you wanted but didn't need a place to store it? We'd also build in some fun things, and if we have enough land we could do glamping sites for extra money for the community.
  • eldritch_4ier 3y ago
    I think things like this have been tried (like shipping container homes). Problem isn’t lack of capital for a solution like this, it’s lack of demand and zoning issues. Houses made out of dirt or cargo containers don’t appreciate all that well, so while you have a shelter over your head, you’re still just throwing money away as if you’re renting (except you also have a mortgage with a big down payment and interest). Maybe you could address homelessness with enough of these and made cheaply enough, but it won’t affect the housing crisis so much, because people want affordable but appreciating homes. Like the desire to buy cheap stocks that go up a lot, it’s easier said than done.
  • local_issues 3y ago
    The issue isn't capital or demand, it's the insane Single Family regulations and the NIMBYs that defend the status quo to the death.