Re:To ease the housing crunch, more places end single-family...
by epistasis on Saturday February 11, 2023 @08:33PM
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I think that any delay of a solution needs to be weighed against the massive inequity of letting the status quo continue.
The status quo is of ever increasing unaffordability, means ever increasing displacement and gentrification. There's a cost for waiting for a perfect solution. Adding more housing now reduces rents for all compared to not doing anything, so even if it's not the perfect solution, we must start enacting parts that help.
Refusing to take any action is in itself an endorsement of the bad outcomes that are happening right now.
The status quo is of ever increasing unaffordability, means ever increasing displacement and gentrification. There's a cost for waiting for a perfect solution. Adding more housing now reduces rents for all compared to not doing anything, so even if it's not the perfect solution, we must start enacting parts that help.
Refusing to take any action is in itself an endorsement of the bad outcomes that are happening right now.