most people screaming about housing only support market rate housing. They will never build enough "affordable housing."
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Replying to @occupytheport
but no one wanted to make that deal, because they like their extractions, which results in $500K/ subsidies per unit.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
I've yet to see a US city actually lower housing costs by building. What is "low income" defined as?
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Replying to @occupytheport @kimmaicutler
Toronto and DC have seen prices flatline as new units come online
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Replying to @constans
*DC is already really expensive and old neighborhoods are unaffordable except for the landed.
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Replying to @occupytheport @constans
have you heard about DCs height limits? ;-)
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @occupytheport
if DC would allow building up *to* the height limits around transit, things would be MUCH better
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Replying to @constans
DC is a mega-region. The new units coming online in DC are expensive. Trust me, I lived there.
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Replying to @occupytheport @kimmaicutler
I lived there too. Eventually I couldn't go on seeing them refuse to hold around transit or improve, so I left
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Replying to @constans
they've always built around transit.
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low base created by the mid-20th century federally-enabled disinvestment and white flight.
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