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spankalee07/31/20251 replyview on HN

People in poverty have to pay for housing. Reducing the price of housing helps them, and may even help them climb out of poverty. Building more housing reduces the price of housing.


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MangoToupe07/31/2025

> People in poverty have to pay for housing.

No, they don't have to. That's a decision our society has made, and in my opinion it was a horribly evil one.

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