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Re:Why Barcelona Bought the Building That Symbolizes Its Hou... by epistasis on Saturday February 22, 2025 @02:23PM (#43142189)
So what happens if you don't build those flats suitable for single people. Where are they supposed to go? Are not worthy of housing? I really don't understand what the problem is.
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Re:Why Barcelona Bought the Building That Symbolizes Its Hou... by fodkodrasz on Sunday February 23, 2025 @03:09AM (#43147637)
Let's flip the question? What happens when you don't build housing suitable for families?

Yes, demographic crisis.

A flat suitable for a family is suitable for single people living together (see american sitcoms), but the opposite is not.

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Re:Why Barcelona Bought the Building That Symbolizes Its Hou... by epistasis on Sunday February 23, 2025 @11:09AM (#43150295)
The proposal seems to be to not build anything, because it's a problem if apartments for single people are built.

I think we all also agree that it's a problem if housing for families is not built. But the route to more housing is rarely through problematizing other types of housing.

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Re:Why Barcelona Bought the Building That Symbolizes Its Hou... by fodkodrasz on Monday February 24, 2025 @05:17AM (#43157864)
The proposal is definitely not that. The route to more housing for locals is definitely by "problematizing" empty flats build for store of wealth by foreign investors, that I see locally.
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