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theconcealedweapon

They hoard houses, rent them out for a higher price, then say that if it wasn't for them you'd be homeless.

They hoard the means of production, offer employment for pitiful wages, then say that if it wasn't for them you'd have no source of income.

#housing #affordable housing #housing shortage #housing crisis #q

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On Gentrification, We Don’t Know What We’re Talking About

Rather than understand gentrification as a systemic issue, the term has simply become an insult people throw around. Rather than understand gentrification as a systemic issue, the term has simply become an insult people throw around.

www.thenation.com

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#gentrification #housing crisis #urbanism #u.s. politics #nimbyism

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Office Space - 99% Invisible

Right now, in Manhattan, 18% of office space is vacant. At the same time, the city of New York has a major housing problem, with more than 1

99% Invisible

Converting vacant office buildings into housing sounds like a great idea, but turns out to be more complex than you might imagine. Still, after listening to the podcast, I think it’s an option worth keeping in the toolkit for addressing the housing crisis.

#housing crisis #affordable housing #99% invisible #podcasts

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Why the Right Is Winning Its War on Unhoused People

Americans’ attitude toward people sleeping on the street has become angrier, crueler, and more overtly violent. Blame a right-wing propagand

The Nation

#homelessness #unhoused people #housing crisis #right wing violence #racism #u.s. politics #housing first #yimby

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There’s No Such Thing as Affordable Housing

Los Angeles lost a hundred thousand affordable homes in a decade. Don’t look to bulldozers to explain how.

Strong Towns

#affordable housing #housing crisis #strong towns