Re:Home ownership is the West’s biggest economic-policy mistake
by kQq9oHeAz6wLLS on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @10:48AM
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The problem is, the housing projects ended up being a major contributor to gangs in the cities. Growing up, "the projects" was a common euphemism for gang-infested ghettos, even though that likely was only true for a small portion of the projects.
See here, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidized_housing_in_the_Unit...
Re:Home ownership is the West’s biggest economic-policy mistake
by chriswarbo on Thursday April 22, 2021 @05:34AM
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Yes, there are pros and cons; hence why I haven't argued for or against any approach to housing (although I have been arguing against the hypocricy of someone advocating for an approach that they don't themselves follow, like non-renting landlords having renters)
AFAIK those planning such projects did not themselves live in social housing (unlike, say, many soviet officials), hence there's still an element of hypocrisy there (note that I never claimed otherwise; I specifically chose the word "this" in the sentence you've quoted. I'll also re-re-state that I've not made any argument for or against home ownership or renting)