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Would abundant jobs but scarce housing be better (for worker, not landlords)? Seems like society needs a surplus of both, without excess abundance of either.
by newsclues 3y ago
Would abundant jobs but scarce housing be better (for worker, not landlords)?
Seems like society needs a surplus of both, without excess abundance of either.
- cousin_it 3y agoThis is a great question, and really highlights why my proposal would work or not. The surface-level answer is that unemployment increases homelessness, so fixing unemployment would go a long way in fixing homelessness as well. But the deeper answer is that I don't believe housing is actually scarce. It's just scarce in places that have jobs. Whereas in "job deserts", which might be most of the territory, housing can be quite cheap. So if the government made jobs spring up in more places, maybe housing wouldn't be a problem.