if houses/apartments are expensive the poor lose first so ensure it is legal to build tiny houses, shared bathroom/kitchen apartments… ensure there isn’t so much paperwork that only expensive places can apply. Be careful about tenat rights - they are needed but don’t lost sight of landlord rights in the process.
some are homeless because society has left no optians - things are getting better but there are still some out there that can’t be anything else because if they get a job their ex takes all they earn anyway.
Unfortunantly the problem is hard. we know from painful experience that the abuse in institutions is often so bad risking freezing to death is the more human option. Be careful that what you propose / support isn’t also worse.
We don’t have the luxury of space to build out mini-bunglow sprawl. We’re already over capacity with the regular sprawl. This notion that we all deserve white picket-fenced yards is antiquated.
Better laws means actual affordable housing: subsidized housing based on income levels, so the poorest can have a place to sleep and bathe securely and peacefully. There’s nothing that necessitates tiny bungalow jungles and the hideous infrastructure convolutions they demand.
better laws.
if houses/apartments are expensive the poor lose first so ensure it is legal to build tiny houses, shared bathroom/kitchen apartments… ensure there isn’t so much paperwork that only expensive places can apply. Be careful about tenat rights - they are needed but don’t lost sight of landlord rights in the process.
some are homeless because society has left no optians - things are getting better but there are still some out there that can’t be anything else because if they get a job their ex takes all they earn anyway.
Unfortunantly the problem is hard. we know from painful experience that the abuse in institutions is often so bad risking freezing to death is the more human option. Be careful that what you propose / support isn’t also worse.
We don’t have the luxury of space to build out mini-bunglow sprawl. We’re already over capacity with the regular sprawl. This notion that we all deserve white picket-fenced yards is antiquated.
Better laws means actual affordable housing: subsidized housing based on income levels, so the poorest can have a place to sleep and bathe securely and peacefully. There’s nothing that necessitates tiny bungalow jungles and the hideous infrastructure convolutions they demand.
Stewart Hicks noted that a lot of housing being built now are urban studios.
https://youtu.be/ejPOLhfBpy8
This kind of housing is in very high demand, but it can only really get built in places with decent transit.