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Builder's Remedy goes into effect in many California cities tomorrow

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Post by sonofaplum »

LewisVerstappen wrote: post #10
p0pcult wrote: post #2

This seems like a way to reduce homelessness and fix the housing market in one fell swoop.

> reduce homelessness Is the homeless problem due to the cost of housing? Or is it moreso due to fentanyl?

it's due to the cost of housing, as evidenced by lower homelessness rates in places where housing is cheaper.

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Post by m00x »

LewisVerstappen wrote: post #10
p0pcult wrote: post #2

This seems like a way to reduce homelessness and fix the housing market in one fell swoop.

> reduce homelessness Is the homeless problem due to the cost of housing? Or is it moreso due to fentanyl?

Homelessness is mostly due to lack of housing, and fentanyl crisis mostly due to addiction.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2356643-we-can-reduce-h...

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Post by travisjungroth »

anovikov wrote: post #8
p0pcult wrote: post #2

This seems like a way to reduce homelessness and fix the housing market in one fell swoop.

Fixing homeless requires removing homeless, not adding homes. It's a law enforcement problem, not an economic problem.

Remove them to where?

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Post by daveguy »

LewisVerstappen wrote: post #10
p0pcult wrote: post #2

This seems like a way to reduce homelessness and fix the housing market in one fell swoop.

> reduce homelessness Is the homeless problem due to the cost of housing? Or is it moreso due to fentanyl?

Well, we are going to find out. Something tells me everyone who's homeless isn't a fentanyl addict. Especially given housing costs.

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Post by thebradbain »

la64710 wrote: post #7

Soon the peaceful suburbs of California will look like congested cities like Seoul or Mumbai with a whole bunch of slums thrown in between.

This is reactionary. Not even Los Angeles, the biggest city in California, is anywhere near being a dense metropolis.

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Post by gretch »

la64710 wrote: post #7

Soon the peaceful suburbs of California will look like congested cities like Seoul or Mumbai with a whole bunch of slums thrown in between.

When I visited, I found Seoul to be an amazing city. While there was higher density there, I would not describe it as 'congested' because they had planning for how to manage (mostly) foot traffic.

I would be very happy if Sunnyvale/Santa Clara started to look a bit more like seoul.

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Post by m00x »

lalaithion wrote: post #16
LewisVerstappen wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> reduce homelessness Is the homeless problem due to the cost of housing? Or is it moreso due to fentanyl?

If they had homes, it wouldn't be called homelessness. You can take fentanyl in an apartment.

It's a lot more comfortable to take drugs at home, too. They would take homes if they could.

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Post by bradleyjg »

LewisVerstappen wrote: post #10
p0pcult wrote: post #2

This seems like a way to reduce homelessness and fix the housing market in one fell swoop.

> reduce homelessness Is the homeless problem due to the cost of housing? Or is it moreso due to fentanyl?

Depends on what you mean by homeless. Regular people mean people living on the street. Policy types mean them but also people living in overcrowded conditions.
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