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Originally Posted by Snark
So, the "government" (however that's defined) is intentionally working to deny you affordable housing (however that's defined) much like the military denying soldiers equipment that they don't need?
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It seems to be intentionally working to effectively deny affordable housing to people who need it through its glacial response to the problem, and chronic nibbling around the edges rather than directly addressing it. That is the crux of my argument.
One reason why this is happening is that many politicians are landlords and own one or more rental properties. They want to see home values stay high and continue to increase so they don't get voted out of office by well-off people, and by extension want to see rents remain high so they can fund cushy retirements when they leave office.
We have a housing crisis, and we need a wartime effort to fix it. Governments at all levels aren't doing nearly enough. They don't really want to, anyway.
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