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> One couple+one child requires less housing (in the short-to-medium term) than one couple+one immigrant If two couples and two children take up one unit of ho
by JumpCrisscross 4mo ago
> One couple+one child requires less housing (in the short-to-medium term) than one couple+one immigrant
If two couples and two children take up one unit of housing while providing three units of labour, that’s more space efficient than the one couple + one child if even both parents work.
This sort of napkin math doesn’t work for these problems. Particularly when we’re essentially debating elasticity with respect to demand versus supply.