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Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by notaustinpowers on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @05:14PM (#38702565)
Apartments aren't the only dense housing solution. Townhomes, repurposed warehouses, etc are excellent solutions. My favorite place I lived every was a townhome in a community of about 100 homes. It was a special 50/50 community where 50% were tax credit and the other 50% were privately-owned (I rented a privately owned townhome). They all looked the same so there was no stigma as to who had section 8 and who didn't, and the community was kept up very well.

$1,200/month for 3bd/2.5ba, 1,200sqft with hardwood flooring and free off-street assigned parking 15 minutes from the city. Lived there 3 years and moved out in 2018, loved it. Now I pay $1,200/month to live a 600sqft studio apartment behind a Costco an hour from the city.

To this day I don't understand why this style of housing isn't more popular.

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Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by trgn on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @05:20PM (#38702670)
> I don't understand why this style of housing isn't more popular

You answered your own question.

> They all looked the same so there was no stigma as to who had section 8 and who didn't

Part of the point of segregating by income is precisely to distinguish the haves from the have-nots.

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Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by tayo42 on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @06:01PM (#38703154)
Living with poverty brings a whole bunch of new problems. I live in a community like this. Its noisy, filled with people with their own issues. I have alcoholics getting drunk in the parking lots making noise along with regular drunk driving. The police make regular visits to my complex. Noise, traffic, safety these are realities of dense living that effect quality of life. More people mean more chances to have babies next door, crying through your shared walls, more anti social behavior from people.
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