I’m not sure how I’d feel about government housing; are there any decent examples of that throughout modern history at all?
It may work after all - honestly, I don’t know. But the first thing that crosses my mind is that government owned property blocks (to control the rental/sales prices) is just patching up the symptom and not addressing the root cause.
Ironically, I’m not even sure what the root cause is besides unfair distribution of wealth and how to address it besides thinking taxing done right may make it less unfair.
The root cause is quite literally profiteering by the private sector, combined with rigged zoning that makes it cheaper to build inefficiently.
Government or other not-for-profit housing of some kind (such as renter co-ops, which would be even better to have more of) are the only thing that make solid sense when considering available options, because anything else is routinely being bought up so it can be flipped for profit or rented at high rates few can afford.
I’m not sure how I’d feel about government housing; are there any decent examples of that throughout modern history at all?
It may work after all - honestly, I don’t know. But the first thing that crosses my mind is that government owned property blocks (to control the rental/sales prices) is just patching up the symptom and not addressing the root cause.
Ironically, I’m not even sure what the root cause is besides unfair distribution of wealth and how to address it besides thinking taxing done right may make it less unfair.
The root cause is quite literally profiteering by the private sector, combined with rigged zoning that makes it cheaper to build inefficiently.
Government or other not-for-profit housing of some kind (such as renter co-ops, which would be even better to have more of) are the only thing that make solid sense when considering available options, because anything else is routinely being bought up so it can be flipped for profit or rented at high rates few can afford.