ImTheCaptain
I disagree with you
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Plama??
Plama??
Bernie rolls out a Housing for All plan: https://berniesanders.com/issues/housing-all/
I think this is a key issue where Bernie is much more progressive than Warren
Bernie calls for an expansion of public housing through increased public housing stock, housing vouchers, and public land trusts
Warren's plan looks to increase public resources into the private affordable housing market
to me, housing is the biggest issue that doesn't get sufficient attention -- the average American spends 37% of their take-home pay on housing
TITCR
This is probably the best housing plan that I’ve ever seen from a politician, fwiw.
That all sounds good. It's kinda like a fifth grader saying he/she will end pop quizzes, expand recess and have pizza for lunch every day.
Where's the money coming from?
The rent control stuff seems bad, but the rest seems good. Definitely need a ton of investment in new housing and fixing old stock, lead abatement, decarbonization, etc.
taxes
I think you've spoken out against rent control before
is it a general supply-demand thing for you?
Not sure I've talked about it before, and I'm certainly no expert. But my understanding is that the data suggest that rent control policies have largely failed. For example, in San Francisco it seems to have actually raised costs and decreased housing stock. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20181289
It seems like the much better solution to the housing crisis is a huge investment in low and middle income housing. The NIMBY bullshit has to stop.
Edited to add, need to get rid of all the terrible exclusionary zoning policies that are currently stopping builders from building now, too.
In LA, almost every residential project that gets proposed ends up getting a lawsuit filed against it in an extortion attempt which either delays it for multiple years or adds to the cost of the project. Someone simply has to claim that they haven't fully explored the environmental impact. The people filing the lawsuit simply want a payment to go away, its absurd.
Not sure I've talked about it before, and I'm certainly no expert. But my understanding is that the data suggest that rent control policies have largely failed. For example, in San Francisco it seems to have actually raised costs and decreased housing stock. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20181289
It seems like the much better solution to the housing crisis is a huge investment in low and middle income housing. The NIMBY bullshit has to stop.
Edited to add, need to get rid of all the terrible exclusionary zoning policies that are currently stopping builders from building now, too.
I don't live in California, just working on projects out there