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Re:Housing is at the root of many of the rich world’s proble... by snarf21 on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @01:46PM (#32499493)
This is interesting. I wonder if it would work to make all FHA loans be required to be NEW properties/units. So the only way to get access to the money is to expand the housing. I'm sure there are consequences but I need to think them through a bit more.
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Re:Housing is at the root of many of the rich world’s proble... by celtain on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @10:10PM (#32504383)
I don't know about policy consequences, but one political hurdle is that this would be attacked as "welfare for the rich" or something along those lines, since new construction is generally more expensive than existing units.
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Re:Housing is at the root of many of the rich world’s proble... by snarf21 on Thursday August 18, 2022 @09:00AM (#32509002)
Yeah, I haven't thought everything through yet. However, the hope that this would force more of the new housing to be more affordable. A poor person isn't going to be buying a luxury condo so I was trying to think of a way to incentivize builders to increase stock and create more affordable housing. There are definitely some second order effects.
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