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Even if the government is paying for housing for them, cheaper housing means that the government can pay for more people's housing. Building housing reduces the price of housing...


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MangoToupe08/01/2025

> cheaper housing means that the government can pay for more people's housing.

Which we will never do, because it depresses property values.

Look "abundance" bullshit would make sense in a continuum of housing policy. But by itself we're just doubling-down on reinforcing homelessness as an american institution.