☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoThe US housing market is so expensive that incomes would have to spike 55% for it to be considered affordable, industry exec saysfinance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down111
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkThe US housing market is so expensive that incomes would have to spike 55% for it to be considered affordable, industry exec saysfinance.yahoo.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squaretrailing9@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAffordable housing can be built in new areas connected by public transport. Nimbys cannot have a majority everywhere.
minus-squareasteroidnova@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThey are the ones who vote. They don’t need a majority. They need a majority of voters. They seem to have it. I think we’re learning that we have the country that we want more and more everyday. We don’t want better, we want this.
minus-squaretrailing9@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOr renters could organize and motivate the nonvoters to vote after they have clarified which party is willing to implement the necessary changes.
minus-squareasteroidnova@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHard to do when everyone views renters as parasitic children.
Affordable housing can be built in new areas connected by public transport. Nimbys cannot have a majority everywhere.
They are the ones who vote. They don’t need a majority. They need a majority of voters. They seem to have it. I think we’re learning that we have the country that we want more and more everyday. We don’t want better, we want this.
Or renters could organize and motivate the nonvoters to vote after they have clarified which party is willing to implement the necessary changes.
Hard to do when everyone views renters as parasitic children.