So just because this one thing won’t solve the problem on its own we shouldn’t do it. More housing, and especially more affordable housing will help by virtue of creating more supply, and the alternative is building less new housing which has the exact same problem as what you bring up with building more. On top of that corporations and landlords and Airbnb “investors” don’t purchase all the housing that is available right now, so even if the rate at which that occurred stayed the same in absolute terms this would mean a lot more housing becoming available to actual residents.
I agree that doing this and nothing else isn’t enough, but it will help and there isn’t any other one thing that would solve the problem either. Problems like this require a wide array of answers each of which only help a little but taken together are the solution.
Then we’re saying the same thing. There’s no reason to get excited about such a small step that won’t fix the cost of housing crisis.
Once she releases her comprehensive plan that breaks up corporate landlords, promotes housing coops and tenant unions, and outlaws Airbnb I’ll be excited.
So just because this one thing won’t solve the problem on its own we shouldn’t do it. More housing, and especially more affordable housing will help by virtue of creating more supply, and the alternative is building less new housing which has the exact same problem as what you bring up with building more. On top of that corporations and landlords and Airbnb “investors” don’t purchase all the housing that is available right now, so even if the rate at which that occurred stayed the same in absolute terms this would mean a lot more housing becoming available to actual residents.
Just to be clear, you agree that more buildings won’t solve the problems they’re saying it will here, right?
I agree that doing this and nothing else isn’t enough, but it will help and there isn’t any other one thing that would solve the problem either. Problems like this require a wide array of answers each of which only help a little but taken together are the solution.
Then we’re saying the same thing. There’s no reason to get excited about such a small step that won’t fix the cost of housing crisis.
Once she releases her comprehensive plan that breaks up corporate landlords, promotes housing coops and tenant unions, and outlaws Airbnb I’ll be excited.