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Why do we need to house the homeless in the most expensive part of the state? It's a genuine question. Would love reasons instead of just downvotes.
by bagels 3y ago
Why do we need to house the homeless in the most expensive part of the state?
It's a genuine question. Would love reasons instead of just downvotes.
- sgt 3y agoI didn't see anything about this being to house the homeless. It just said affordable housing, which I assume is for normal working folks even tech people?
- bagels 3y agoThanks, I wrongly inferred it was for homeless housing from "housing units" somehow.
- rahimnathwani 3y agoIt just said affordable housing, which I assume is for normal working folks even tech people? Nope, not for tech people. The term 'affordable housing' often refers to housing units that are offered at below-market rates. It's part of a government racket: The government creates regulations and takes other actions that hinder developers from easily building new housing, thereby limiting supply and increasing prices for the units that are available. At the same time governments enact policies to prevent landlords from raising rents to market rates. While this protects current tenants, it limits the availability of units for new residents, effectively pricing them out and meaning only a subset of the total rental stock is affected by supply and demand. After these regulations create a landscape of high housing costs, governments then introduce 'affordable housing' quotas for new development projects. These are often aimed at appeasing certain voter demographics to win votes.
- Reason077 3y agoHere in the UK, affordable housing provision (10% nationally, higher in some areas) is a pretty standard policy. Generally speaking, it seems to work well, although sometimes developers can buy their way out of it by providing a contribution ("section 106") to the council towards building affordable housing elsewhere. And in a few cases there has been controversy around "poor doors", with the developer providing different entrances to affordable units so that well-heeled residents don't have to brush shoulders with the unwashed masses.
- zapdrive 3y ago[flagged]
- amanaplanacanal 3y agoI think I’d rather be close to friends, family, and jobs, wherever that is.
- zapdrive 3y agoMany of the homeless in SF got here on a one way bus ride, so not much close to family or friends.
- rahimnathwani 3y agoYour question has nothing to do with the proposed development in SOMA. The government forces developers to reserve some % of units for 'affordable housing' but this development wasn't being built to house people who are currently homeless.
- numpad0 3y agoWould you want a slum - solely, solely for the sake of the argument - at the center integrated into the city and its culture, or far from the city where they'd start a new culture and own justice, distinct from that of the city...