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You need to manage the supply, not the demand. As long as enough properties are built in the areas where people want to live, there’s no problem. Sure, maybe n
by Tijdreiziger 3y ago
You need to manage the supply, not the demand. As long as enough properties are built in the areas where people want to live, there’s no problem.
Sure, maybe not everyone will be able to live smack in the center of Amsterdam, but there’s enough space in other parts of the city, not to mention nearby places like Amstelveen, Hoofddorp or Almere (which, you will know, house mostly ‘overflow’ from the Amsterdam market).
- codedokode 3y agoIf you want to create a fair system you should also build infrastructure otherwise it is unfair when someone lives near the subway in a historical part of the city and someone has to live near the forest among ugly modern high-rise buildings.
- Jensson 3y agoThat is how things are done all over Europe though. The state plans a new suburb by also planning bus stops, roads, subways, trains, parks, shopping malls and schools within walking distance etc. That ensures there are no really bad homes so even the cheap homes are in nice livable areas. It isn't expensive to build such areas, so there is no reason not to do it except if you want to punish the poor.
- bombcar 3y agoAlmost by definition the cheapest homes will be the “worst” homes so the goal is to make them as less bad as you can.