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> Why is housing always about the homeless? To me, poverty is basically the only thing worth talking about when it comes to politics. Nothing else is going to
by MangoToupe 1y ago
> Why is housing always about the homeless?
To me, poverty is basically the only thing worth talking about when it comes to politics. Nothing else is going to get me to the voting box—to me, a platform that doesn't focus on poverty reduction doesn't even understand the point of government, the economy, or trying to work together.
I suspect other folks who think this way are going to be disproportionately loud.
- spankalee 1y agoPeople in poverty have to pay for housing. Reducing the price of housing helps them, and may even help them climb out of poverty. Building more housing reduces the price of housing.
- MangoToupe 1y ago> People in poverty have to pay for housing. No, they don't have to. That's a decision our society has made, and in my opinion it was a horribly evil one.
- spankalee 1y agoEven if the government is paying for housing for them, cheaper housing means that the government can pay for more people's housing. Building housing reduces the price of housing...
- MangoToupe 1y ago> cheaper housing means that the government can pay for more people's housing. Which we will never do, because it depresses property values. Look "abundance" bullshit would make sense in a continuum of housing policy. But by itself we're just doubling-down on reinforcing homelessness as an american institution.