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While the slow strangulation of Levitt's mass production formula for building large volumes of homes that were affordable for people who otherwise couldn't affo
by worldvoyageur 2y ago
While the slow strangulation of Levitt's mass production formula for building large volumes of homes that were affordable for people who otherwise couldn't afford housing was the saddest part, in 1994 Levitt died in poverty close to the well over 20,000 affordable homes he had built in Long Island.
- rob74 2y agoOTOH, with even larger volumes of affordable [single-family] homes, the US would have even more suburban sprawl than it has now, which I think most people agree is not actually a good thing...
- throwthrowuknow 2y agoIf it meant everyone could afford a home it would be worth it.
- underlipton 2y agoI look at the restrictive covenant that forbid my family from living in the house we lived in when I was younger (after such covenants were deemed unenforceable, but not struck entirely from the house's deed), and play my tiniest violin.