3 ms·
Around the turn of the millennium many countries seem to have decided to underproduce housing, both by ending government programs like you describe and by erect
by api 1y ago
Around the turn of the millennium many countries seem to have decided to underproduce housing, both by ending government programs like you describe and by erecting government barriers to private home construction.
My conspiracy theory is that homeowners vote at higher numbers and more reliably and like free money.
- blargthorwars 1y agoIn a local election we had to stop talking about "Housing Afforbabiliy" as homeowners perceived that as "Shitty Apartments Brining Down My Property Value." Sadly... they're kind of right.
- api 1y ago“I’ve got mine, fuck you.” The thing that drives me insane is that this is endemic in extremely liberal cities. Ask them if they support Trump’s wall and his mass deportations, and when they freak out point out that the housing policies they favor are the same thing on a smaller scale with pretty much the same motives.