Re:Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate not seen sin...
by jjav on Monday September 25, 2023 @08:39PM
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> if we suddenly built a million “luxury” apartments in each major city
How would you realistically "suddenly" build a million apartments? Is there enough labor in the country to do that? Enough land in each major city? A million is a lot. Some ddging suggests San Francisco has about ~400K housing units, is adding a million realistic? Let alone suddenly?
> there would be a bit of competition for tenants
But no builder will build apartments that might have to be rented at a loss if the bidding war takes prices too low.
How would you realistically "suddenly" build a million apartments? Is there enough labor in the country to do that? Enough land in each major city? A million is a lot. Some ddging suggests San Francisco has about ~400K housing units, is adding a million realistic? Let alone suddenly?
> there would be a bit of competition for tenants
But no builder will build apartments that might have to be rented at a loss if the bidding war takes prices too low.