07-14-2023, 03:57 PM
(07-14-2023, 02:49 PM)Dill Wrote: No one considers housing costs to be the main factor, but it appears to be an important one.
"No one" does? From the LA Times article I linked;
“Pretty soon it became very clear that rental costs and vacancy rates were by far the biggest predictor of rates of homelessness in a community,” Colburn said.
Quote:I think it a good thing Newsome is trying to address at least one of those factors by creating additional and cheaper housing, but it appears that runs against the interests of people who profit from high housing costs and/or don't want cheap housing built near them.
Yeah, no one wants cheap housing built near them. Why would they? You know who especially doesn't want it, the people who vote to eliminate single family zoning so it can be built. Every politician who voted for this type of thing should be required to have an affordable housing complex within a block of their home. Watch that issue disappear overnight.
