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>It’s amazing how little history people seem to remember or know. Yourself included. cf. Mitchell-Lama housing[0]. It was enormously successful in creating h
by nobody9999 1y ago
>It’s amazing how little history people seem to remember or know.
Yourself included.
cf. Mitchell-Lama housing[0]. It was enormously successful in creating housing (both rentals and sales) for significant numbers of people. In fact, such housing is still (70 years later) doing so.
We could use a whole lot more of that!
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell%E2%80%93Lama_Housing_Program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell%E2%80%93Lama_Housing_...
- tsunamifury 1y agoCherry picking singular successes does not overcome the large amounts of data going the other way. Please do better.
- nobody9999 1y agoHundreds to thousands of buildings over seventy years is a "singular success?" I personally know dozens of people who grew up in Mitchell-Lama housing. Tens to hundreds of thousands of people still do. But because other implementations are less successful (which is debatable, especially as you've provided zero examples), we should scrap successful ones? Or am I missing your point? Please do elucidate. Edit: It occurs to me that you're likely ignorant (especially given your response) of Mitchell-Lama programs. As such, I encourage you to educate yourself and to advocate for similar programs, as they create stable housing and promote community for many people -- and unless you live in a large urban area, it provides that for more folks than live in your entire county.
- tsunamifury 1y agoMitchell–Lama Housing Program Is specifically NOT public housing and you are calling me ignorant. JFC dude it’s a great private sector tax abatement program but this is a comment about Cabrini Green type projects.
- nobody9999 1y agoI never said it was public housing. And it's not just a tax abatement program. You go ahead and keep moving the goalposts, friend. You can do that all by yourself. kthxbai!
- tsunamifury 1y agoAre you confused it’s literally what the thread is about. Jeeze dude.
- nobody9999 1y agoWhat happens when housing prices go down? (clmarohn.substack.com) 153 points by chmaynard 4 days ago | flag | hide | past | favorite | 335 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44634266 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44634266