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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by woah on Thursday May 21, 2020 @11:52PM (#23268484)
Housing has been made artificially scarce by the small property owners (homeowners) who have the most to gain from the situation. The government could make housing 3x-5x cheaper in the space of a decade by greatly curtailing the authority of local zoning boards.
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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by aww_dang on Friday May 22, 2020 @12:32AM (#23268653)
Fannie Mae could auction off all of the foreclosed homes on their books. This would decrease the cost of housing immediately.
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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by somethoughts on Friday May 22, 2020 @12:35PM (#23273934)
I think the hope would be to avoid trying to build Universal Basic Stuff housing in areas of the high cost of living areas. Encourage everyone to not cram into the most expensive cities.
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