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• eschulz 3y ago
  The article mentions a woman who wept with joy when she received a "steal" of a lease for a new government owned building, and the article mentions that certain political parties have made this program a priority. Perhaps this woman will support such political parties with her vote in future elections.
• cm2187 3y ago
  The socialists who control the city have a majority but not a structural one (Paris was voting conservative for a long time). The gentrification of Paris would normally deplete their electorate, so you can see their efforts to buy prime real estate at high price to convert it to social housing as a very expensive vote-buying exercise.
  • teloli 3y ago
    Or perhaps they try to do what socialists are supposed to be doing, namely giving the people a place where they can live.
• maeln 3y ago
  Not the same guy, but if a class of people have to move out of the city because they are being priced-out, they will not vote in this city anymore (but in their new city in the suburb), shifting the current political balance. The current Paris mayor is from the Parti Socialiste (left-wing / moderate left-wing - for France), and may get a lot of their vote from the working class people living in Parisian social housing. Therefor, they have an active interest in keeping them within the city. The political theory is true but I have no idea if the people living in social housing do vote more for the current mayor though. So it is just theory.
• arlort 3y ago
  They're saying it's done as an electoral bribe so that the people who benefit from this policy will vote for the party who did it