Homelessness rises faster where rent exceeds a third of income (2018)

Re:Homelessness rises faster where rent exceeds a third of i... by seanmcdirmid on Monday January 03, 2022 @02:35PM (#29785335)

> I live in a deep blue city (Seattle) and have interacted with some local policy makers. > In truth, they just aren't very smart. And worse, they are quite confident they are indeed very smart.

Is that on top of all the house building that has been done and is being done still? If they are so incompetent, why are new town homes, condos, and apartment complexes popping up all over the place?

Sure, it still can't keep up with demand...a 25% growth in population over the last decade is no joke. But Seattle is nowhere near as dysfunctional as SF, at the very least.

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Re:Homelessness rises faster where rent exceeds a third of i... by coryrc on Monday January 03, 2022 @03:04PM (#29785877)

That's like saying your government is run better than Somalia; damning with faint praise.

All the growth is concentrated on like 5% of the land and unaffordable for normal people. Open it all up for development.

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Re:Homelessness rises faster where rent exceeds a third of i... by seanmcdirmid on Monday January 03, 2022 @03:23PM (#29786253)

You mean like…Houston? Can you come up with some better examples of a city that does this that doesn’t suck?

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Re:Homelessness rises faster where rent exceeds a third of i... by Izikiel43 on Monday January 03, 2022 @05:13PM (#29787717)

DT Seattle and other parts are probably the same as SF with tent villages.

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