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Re:Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost ... by tehjoker on Monday December 16, 2019 @11:02PM (#21810420)
If you give everyone houses, it relieves pressure from the housing system which causes rents to go down. Therefore, every landlord opposes actually solving homelessness. Since we have government by the rich and landed, we get their position encoded in policy.

The degree to which reality diverges from this prescription is the degree to which the politicians fear either a) a declining bushiness environment or b) riots

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Re:Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost ... by ridethewave on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @10:28AM (#21814420)
>If you give everyone houses, it relieves pressure from the housing system which causes rents to go down.

Care to explain your logic around this statement?

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Re:Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost ... by tehjoker on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @12:19PM (#21815823)
If you provide a real, quality outlet to all people facing homelessness, then people fear eviction much less. Therefore, they will readily turn to the public option in times of crisis rather than scrabble to pay rent. This lack of fear of the the landlord results in less negotiating power.
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Re:Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost ... by ridethewave on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @01:58PM (#21817249)
Not sure I fully understand though do appreciate the communication.
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