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Dan Quail's avatar

I read the news about Moore’s housing plan and saw that 25% “affordable units” poison pill. It’s something that NIMBYs demand to handicap housing initiatives.

If we want housing to be affordable to low income persons, then expand housing voucher along with upzoning. Don’t demand developers take a loss.

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Charles Ryder's avatar

Much of the left of the Democratic party hates the idea of people making money and loathes capitalism. And those who don't hold such views are fearful of being canceled or primaried or attacked by those who do. News at 11. And so when housing abundance plans get hatched—which usually means Democrats these days given that the GOP has decided they need to defend the Constitutional Right to tell your neighbor they can't build stuff—there have to conspicuous and ludicrous nods to "affordability" (scare quotes very much intended). Profits are evil, after all.

It's tiresome and depressing. I guess we should all be happy at least the winds of change are finally blowing when it comes to housing. Baby steps.

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