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What is “affordable housing”? All housing becomes affordable once you build enough of it. Is it just the politically correct way of saying “low-quality housing”
by jimbob45 3y ago
What is “affordable housing”? All housing becomes affordable once you build enough of it. Is it just the politically correct way of saying “low-quality housing”?
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- losteric 3y agoSubsidized housing, through vouchers or rent control. At least in my city.
- ec109685 3y agoThis housing is deed restricted to certain income levels.
- mistrial9 3y agothere are documented cases of small groups of investors immediately buying new housing stock just to flip it for a profit on some small time scale. rinse and repeat
- striking 3y ago> There are dozens of building code (not just zoning code) requirements that add cost and complexity to housing projects in cities like LA. Street trees, front setbacks, off-street parking, roof decks, façade articulation — these are nice to haves, yet LA requires these features in many cases. > Without these goodies, some ED1 buildings will be ugly. Some will be poorly designed. Just about all of them, by definition, will be “out of scale” with their surroundings. (LA housing activist Joe Cohen has a great thread of renderings of ED1 projects.) I personally think all of that is ok. A housing emergency is no time for aesthetic perfection. LA, like San Francisco, is finally acting like it. If "low quality" just means "ugly" then... Yes? But if "low quality" means "unlivable" then no.
- ldoughty 3y agoI think it depends what permits they are waiving as part of this plan... Will we see a bunch of leaning buildings like Santos Brazil after their big tower boom? I imagine they are keeping most of the safety ones.. but it wasn't well highlighted in the article
- m0llusk 3y agoBecause of the earthquakes LA has tight regulations on foundations which make leaning towers extremely unlikely. The leaning tower in SF is a fluke that was brought about by a corrupt builder choosing a bad foundation option, getting that approved, and then building a much heaver construction than originally proposed.
- apsurd 3y agoYour statement is so hard for me to understand because quality, or lack thereof, is a function of modern construction and cost saving practices, and laws around what constitutes a livable dwelling. McMansions! These practices either save or cost the builder, not the buyer, because the value is all locked up in land. And the extra layers of scarcity we impose around building on said land. In other words, what are you talking about?
- cyberax 3y ago> What is “affordable housing”? It's one of two things: 1. A polite way to say "housing project" or "subsidized housing" to not scare people. 2. A buzzword to force more housing density and/or promote social engineering agendas. When used in this sense, it isn't actually linked to affordability.
- ZoomerCretin 3y agoYou are referring to building apartments in the second most populous city in the United States as promoting a social engineering agenda?