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Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by busterarm on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @05:21PM (#38702681)
In the scenario I just described no-one is lacking.

When boomers bought all of these second/vacation homes cheaply in the 80s it wasn't in places with huge demand from underhoused people.

These arguments need a little more consideration of facts rather than appeals to emotion.

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Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by Podgajski on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @05:45PM (#38702968)
I hate to say it, but there was homelessness in the 80s and it is only eclipse by our current state of homelessness.

https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2...

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Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by busterarm on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @06:17PM (#38703311)
Not. Where. People. Bought. Second. Homes.

Nobody was buying second apartments in NYC in the 80s. Nobody was buying apartments period. I knew people with brownstones for sale in spanish harlem that they couldn't get $10k for in the late 80s. 80% of _storefront_ space in midtown was vacant.

People buying vacation homes in Florida or Vermont aren't responsible for homelessness in major cities.

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