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Re:To solve affordability crisis, Bay Area housing stock mus... by RestlessMind on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @06:35PM (#16981755)
> city politics safeguards the value of these risky bets by homeowners

Mainly because homeowners are more engaged in the city politics? If renters or would-be homeowners were more engaged, this would have been a totally different situation.

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Re:To solve affordability crisis, Bay Area housing stock mus... by stouset on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @10:29PM (#16982925)
You might be surprised to find that most renters have jobs, and can’t get away from those jobs during the day to attend neighborhood and city council meetings.
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