Decisions, decisions. ‘Scottish’ Labour have gone very quiet on their variable support/discouragement of trials of rent caps in several areas of Scotland. I wonder who will win, party donors or some desire to begin to alleviate the problems across the UK?
While housing is seen as an investment rather than a utility, we all suffer.
It really is simple: "Too often, policymakers ignore the obvious solution to homelessness — housing — in favor of immediate (and generally ineffective) responses, such as criminalization. Forced displacements and criminalization move people from one place to another, increasing their trauma and exacerbating the barriers they face to housing, while doing nothing to solve the underlying problem. "
NIMBYism 2.0: The growing need for #affordablehousing has put #NIMBYs on their heels. But they’re not giving up; they’re just changing the subject. In a Denver suburb, you see a new tactic: Demand apartment developers build parks or other open spaces. Parks are, of course, desirable, but should apartment owners and their tenants bear the entire cost? The aim, of course, isn’t more parks, it’s less housing. https://denverite.com/2024/03/21/lakewood-save-belmar-park-developers-green-open-space-petition/
Charity weekend! On Saturday evening Bob and Sue Engler and I attended Senior Concerns’ annual fundraiser, supporting this nonprofit’s essential services for older residents.
On Sunday we were back for the Many Mansions Bowls of Hope event, where we joined Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, Ventura County CEO Dr. Sevet Johnson (pictured here with VCOE superindent Dr. Antonio Castro), and many other local community leaders in serving up tasty soups to hundreds of attendees interested in housing for everyone.
Delighted to say both events drew full-house crowds.
@paulbusch The answer is easy... Divert public funding to cut-rate housing to make more profit from quantity rather than large profit margin, by providing shit homes with the lowest bottom-line, so they can still skim plenty off the top.
Privateers can always make free money profitable. If they can't gouge with increased price, then they gouge in decreased services at the same price.